New Delhi, Nov 23: Justice Surya Kant will take oath on Monday as the 53rd Chief Justice of India (CJI), marking the beginning of his 14-month tenure in the country’s highest judicial office.

President Droupadi Murmu will administer the oath of office to Justice Kant, who succeeds incumbent CJI Bhushan R. Gavai. The President had earlier appointed Justice Surya Kant as the next Chief Justice of India “in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution”, following the recommendation of CJI Gavai.

Justice Gavai, who demits the CJI’s office on Sunday upon attaining the age of 65, upheld the convention of naming the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court as his successor.

Justice Surya Kant, born on February 10, 1962, in a middle-class family in Haryana, b

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