Justice Surya Kant's plan to tackle 90K pending Supreme Court cases

India Nov 22, 2025

Justice Surya Kant is stepping in as India's next Chief Justice on November 24, and he's got a big goal: cut down the Supreme Court's massive backlog of over 90,000 cases.
To speed things up, he wants to set up bigger benches—think nine or seven judges together—for cases that raise big legal questions.

How Kant plans to make things faster and fairer

Kant is also pushing for more mediation, especially in business disputes, so fewer cases even reach the top court.
He's urging judges to stay independent and not get swayed by social media noise.
Plus, he wants people to try High Courts first before heading straight to the Supreme Court—all part of his plan to clear out those old pending cases.