<p>New Delhi: Supreme Court's senior most judge Justice Surya Kant was on Monday sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.</p><p>President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/droupadi-murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a> administered the oath of office to Justice Kant in a ceremony here.</p><p>He was appointed as the 53 rd <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/chief-justice-of-india">Chief Justice of India</a> upon superannuation of incumbent Justice <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/b-r-gavai">B R Gavai</a>. He would demit office on February 9, 2027. </p><p>Justice Kant, who hailed from Haryana, took the oath in Hindi. </p><p>Prime Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/narendra-modi">Narendra Modi</a>, Vice President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/c-p-radhakrishnan">C P Radhakrishnan</a> and Cabinet Ministers, all the Supreme Court judges, Justice Gavai were among those present on the occasion. </p><p>The programme was held in the Rashtrapati Bhawan.</p>.Rs 8 crore in FDs to 1.1 kg gold and more: A look at the assets of India's next CJI Surya Kant and his wife.<p>Born on February 10, 1962 as the youngest one among three brothers and one sister, he studied in village school where there were no benches for the students to sit. His father late Madan Gopal Sharma Shastri was a Sanskrit teacher in a school and mother Shashi Devi, a homemaker.</p><p>Upon completing his school at village, he later got enrolled at Government Post Graduate College, Hisar, graduating in 1981.</p><p>He completed his LLB from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, in 1984. Subsequently, while practising as a lawyer, he earned an LLM from Kurukshetra University in 2011, placing First Class First.</p><p>He started practicing Law at the District Court, Hisar in 1984, and shifted to Chandigarh in 1985 to practice in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.</p>.Raising the Bar: The reforms India's new CJI must lead .<p> Justice Kant specialised in Constitutional, Service and Civil matters. He represented a number of Universities, Boards, Corporations, Banks and also the High Court itself.</p><p>He was appointed as the youngest Advocate General of Haryana on July 7, 2000, and was designated as Senior Advocate in March, 2001. He held the office of Advocate General, Haryana till his elevation as a permanent judge to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on January 09, 2004.</p>.From small-town lawyer to pinnacle of judiciary, 53rd CJI Surya Kant delivered many key verdicts.<p>He assumed charge of the office of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh with effect from October, 5, 2018.</p><p> Justice Kant was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court on May 24, 2019. </p>
<p>New Delhi: Supreme Court's senior most judge Justice Surya Kant was on Monday sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.</p><p>President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/droupadi-murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a> administered the oath of office to Justice Kant in a ceremony here.</p><p>He was appointed as the 53 rd <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/chief-justice-of-india">Chief Justice of India</a> upon superannuation of incumbent Justice <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/b-r-gavai">B R Gavai</a>. He would demit office on February 9, 2027. </p><p>Justice Kant, who hailed from Haryana, took the oath in Hindi. </p><p>Prime Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/narendra-modi">Narendra Modi</a>, Vice President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/c-p-radhakrishnan">C P Radhakrishnan</a> and Cabinet Ministers, all the Supreme Court judges, Justice Gavai were among those present on the occasion. </p><p>The programme was held in the Rashtrapati Bhawan.</p>.Rs 8 crore in FDs to 1.1 kg gold and more: A look at the assets of India's next CJI Surya Kant and his wife.<p>Born on February 10, 1962 as the youngest one among three brothers and one sister, he studied in village school where there were no benches for the students to sit. His father late Madan Gopal Sharma Shastri was a Sanskrit teacher in a school and mother Shashi Devi, a homemaker.</p><p>Upon completing his school at village, he later got enrolled at Government Post Graduate College, Hisar, graduating in 1981.</p><p>He completed his LLB from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, in 1984. Subsequently, while practising as a lawyer, he earned an LLM from Kurukshetra University in 2011, placing First Class First.</p><p>He started practicing Law at the District Court, Hisar in 1984, and shifted to Chandigarh in 1985 to practice in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.</p>.Raising the Bar: The reforms India's new CJI must lead .<p> Justice Kant specialised in Constitutional, Service and Civil matters. He represented a number of Universities, Boards, Corporations, Banks and also the High Court itself.</p><p>He was appointed as the youngest Advocate General of Haryana on July 7, 2000, and was designated as Senior Advocate in March, 2001. He held the office of Advocate General, Haryana till his elevation as a permanent judge to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on January 09, 2004.</p>.From small-town lawyer to pinnacle of judiciary, 53rd CJI Surya Kant delivered many key verdicts.<p>He assumed charge of the office of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh with effect from October, 5, 2018.</p><p> Justice Kant was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court on May 24, 2019. </p>
