India, Nov. 24 -- Justice Surya Kant was sworn in on Monday as the 53rd Chief Justice of India, succeeding Justice BR Gavai, who retired on Sunday evening. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath to Justice Kant at a brief ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Vice President CP Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among the senior leaders present at the ceremony.

Over his tenure in the Supreme Court, Justice Kant has been associated with a series of significant constitutional rulings, including those on the abrogation of Article 370, the revision of Bihar's electoral rolls and the Pegasus spyware case.

Born on February 10, 1962, in Haryana's Hisar district to a middle class family, Justice Kant went from practising...