Justice Kant was born on February 10, 1962 in Hisar, Haryana. He started practicing as a lawyer in the Hisar district court from 1984, and shifted to Chandigarh for practicing in Punjab and Haryana High Court in 1985.
Justice Kant also described mediation, an alternative dispute resolution mechanism, as "a game changer" capable of providing faster, off-court settlements to litigants.
The Supreme Court has sought the Election Commission of India's (ECI) response to a batch of pleas filed by various petitioners including the Kerala government challenging the ECI's decision to carry out Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of the voter roll in the Kerala.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a batch of pleas challenging certain forms of talaq prevalent among Muslims, which are allegedly discriminatory towards wives.
In a special message to the Bahrain judiciary, Justice Suryakant, who could not attend the event in person due to health reasons, extended his warm congratulations to the Kingdom of Bahrain and its judiciary on the launch of the BICC.
CJI-designate Justice Surya Kant was also present during the occasion, which witnessed judges and staff coming together to observe the spiritual and communal aspects of the festival.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Election Commission and the Centre on a plea seeking a direction to ensure that every political party publishes its memorandum, rules, and regulations on the home page of its official website.
Senior Advocate Pinky Anand called her appointment as a Member of the Bahrain International Commercial Court (BICC) a "recognition of India's soft power", highlighting the reforms by the Centre to "put India on the map as a global arbitration hub."
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi reasoned that, when the Chief Justice of India himself has let go of this incident, initiating action against the attacker would only further glorify him.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai has recommended the name of Justice Surya Kant as his successor, marking the formal initiation of the process to appoint the next Chief Justice of India.