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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Suresh Kumar Kait<br />
| office = 28th [[Chief Justice]] of [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]]<br />
| term_start = 25 September 2024<br />
| term_end = 23 May 2025<br />
| appointer = [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />
| nominator = [[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud]]<br />
| office1 = [[Judge]] of [[Delhi High Court]]<br />
| term_start1 = 12 October 2018<br />
| term_end1 = 24 September 2024<br />
| appointer1 = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| nominator1 = [[Dipak Misra]]<br />
| appointer2 = [[Pratibha Patil]]<br />
| office3 = [[Judge]] of [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]]<br />
| term_start2 = 5 September 2008<br />
| term_end2 = 11 April 2016<br />
| term_start3 = 12 April 2016<br />
| term_end3 = 11 October 2018<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|5|24|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kaithal]], [[Haryana]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Kurukshetra University]], [[Delhi University]]<br />
| appointer3 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br />
| nominator3 = [[T. S. Thakur]]<br />
| successor2 =<br />
| nominator2 = [[K. G. Balakrishnan]]<br />
| predecessor = {{ubl|[[Ravi Malimath]]|[[Sheel Nagu]] {{small|(acting)}}|[[Sanjeev Sachdeva]] {{small|(acting)}}}}<br />
| successor = [[Sanjeev Sachdeva]]<br />
| honorific_prefix = Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.) <br />
}}<br />
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'''Suresh Kumar Kait''' (born 24 May 1963) is a retired Indian judge. He is a former [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Centre notifies appointment of Chief Justices for eight high courts |url=https://ddnews.gov.in/en/centre-notifies-appointment-of-chief-justices-for-eight-high-courts/ |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=ddnews.gov.in}}</ref> and former judge of the [[Delhi High Court|Delhi]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2024-09-25 |title=Madhya Pradesh High Court's new Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait takes oath |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/madhya-pradesh/madhya-pradesh-high-courts-new-chief-justice-suresh-kumar-kait-takes-oath/article68680762.ece |access-date=2024-10-01 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and [[Andhra Pradesh High Court|Andhra Pradesh]] [[High courts of India|high courts]].<br />
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== Controversies ==<br />
=== False temple demolition allegations ===<br />
In December 2024, Justice Kait was accused of alleged removal of a Hanuman temple from his official residence by a Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association member Sanjay Tripathi. Bar president Dhanya Kumar Jain forwarded the complaint to the CJI, the PM, the President and other high ranking officials. Justice Kait, the MP high court administration and the State Government's Public Works Department (PWD) clarified that no such temple had ever existed at the Chief Justice's residence. Following this, Bar Association President Dhanya Jain wrote an apology letter to Justice Kait withdrawing his complaint, mentioning that he had created confusion, for which he was "extremely sad", expressing regret for his actions and reaffirming his respect for the Chief Justice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bar objects to MP High Court Chief Justice SK Kait removing temple from official residence |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/bar-objects-mp-high-court-chief-justice-sk-kait-removing-temple-official-residence |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Bar and Bench}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MP HC Bar President Expresses Regret Over Letter To CJI Seeking Probe Into Alleged Demolition Of A Temple At Chief Justice's Residence |url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/madhya-pradesh-high-court-chief-justice-suresh-kumar-kait-residence-bar-association-president-regret-demolition-temple-282046 |publisher=LiveLaw}}</ref><br />
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