Vikrant Mehta

Vikrant Mehta

Editorial Oversight Editor-in-Chief

Legal affairs editor with three decades in Indian courtrooms — first as a litigation practitioner, then as a legal correspondent covering the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court. Now leads VeritaSerum's editorial board, holding every piece to the standards he learned watching judges tear apart sloppy submissions: cite your source, state the ratio, skip the adjectives.

Articles by Vikrant (1)

Opinion

From a Sanskrit Teacher's Son to the Supreme Court's Helm: The Judicial Odyssey of Chief Justice Surya Kant

A career spanning 10,215 High Court judgments, 14,037 Supreme Court hearings, and constitutional bench decisions that reshaped Indian law — how a small-town boy from Haryana became the 53rd Chief Justice of India.

21 May 2026 · 10 min read · 67 views