Justice Surya Kant takes oath as India’s 53rd CJI on Nov 24, set to oversee major cases on elections, cyber law, sedition, and refugee rights. His long tenure promises landmark judgments on key legal and social issues.
The colonial legacy of long summer vacations continues in the Supreme Court, but for the first time a record 20 benches were set up during the nearly two-month-long break this year and exhausted the list of cases to be taken up during this period with the consent of counsel for parties.
After a seven-week summer break, the Supreme Court of India will reopen on July 8. It faces a packed agenda, including hearings and verdicts on significant cases such as the NEET-UG paper leak, the Hathras stampede, bridge collapses in Bihar, Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest in the ED case, the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University, and misleading advertisements.
