Justice Surya Kant started his legal journey from Hisar in 1984 before moving to Chandigarh. Over the years, he handled a wide range of constitutional, service and civil cases, representing universities, boards, corporations, banks and even the High Court. He became the youngest Advocate General of Haryana in July 2000 and was designated a senior advocate in 2001 and was elevated as a permanent judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on January 9, 2004.

Justice Surya Kant later served as Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court from October 2018 until his elevation to the Supreme Court on May 24, 2019. Since November 2024, he has chaired the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee. After assuming office, he reaffirmed that reducing pendency across courts would be his top priority. 

He also confirmed that Constitution Benches of five, seven and nine judges will be constituted in the coming weeks to take up long pending constitutional matters. The Scale of the Challenge According to the National Judicial Data Grid, Indian courts face a staggering load of 5.29 crore pending cases. These include 4.65 crore in district and subordinate courts, 63.30 lakh in High Courts and 86,742 before the Supreme Court.