Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has used his first official two-nation overseas visit to place India’s judiciary firmly at the centre of global legal diplomacy.
From forging a landmark technology partnership with Russia to championing the universal principles of equality and the Rule of Law in Sweden, the visit underscored India’s growing influence in shaping the future of international justice.
The tour began in Moscow, where the CJI and Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen institutional cooperation between the two highest courts.
The MoU provides for exchange visits, short- and long-term judicial training programmes, joint seminars and conferences, and the creation of a Joint Working Group to oversee sustained collaboration in technology, innovation and institutional capacity building.
For India, the partnership complements the ongoing e-Courts Mission, which is transforming judicial administration through digitisation.
