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Justice Surya Kant, known for his role in landmark rulings on Article 370, electoral reforms, and the Pegasus spyware case, will be sworn in on Monday as the 53rd Chief Justice of India. He succeeds Justice B.R. Gavai, who demits office today. Appointed on October 30, Justice Kant will serve a tenure of nearly 15 months.

Born on February 10, 1962 in Hisar district of Haryana to a middle-class family, Justice Kant went from being a small-town lawyer to the country’s highest judicial office, where he has been part of several verdicts and orders of national importance and constitutional matters. He also has the distinction of standing 'first class first' in his Master’s degree in law in 20

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