India, Dec. 6 -- Chief Justice of India Surya Kant's first priority as CJI is to reduce the number of pending cases, for which, he plans to use 'mediation and litigation' as the two key tools, he said at the 23rd edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.

Speaking to Utkarsh Anand, HT's national legal editor, Justice Kant shared his detailed plan on clearing the backlog of cases in courts. Follow HTLS 2025 LIVE Updates

Justice Surya Kant, who was sworn in as the 53rd Chief Justice of India on November 24, said, "My first priority (as CJI) will be for the predictable timeline and the national judicial policy based on early resolution of pending cases."

He stated that he aims to achieve this priority with two tools -- mediation an...