NEW DELHI: Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana took oath as the brand new Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Saturday. He was administered the oath of workplace and secrecy on the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The senior-most Supreme Court choose was sworn in by President Ram Nath Kovind as the 48th Chief Justice of India at a easy ceremony on the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Delhi: Justice NV Ramana takes oath as the brand new Chief Justice of India (CJI). He was administered the oath by President Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan. pic.twitter.com/jDESeLZh2D
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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had been amongst these current on the ceremony.
Justice NV Ramana took the oath in English within the identify of God. Justice NV Ramana succeeded Justice SA Bobde, who retired as the Chief Justice on Friday.
Born in an agricultural household in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district on August 27, 1957, Justice Ramana, 63, would be the nation’s high choose for a 12 months and 4 months until August 26, 2022.
He is the second Chief Justice of India from Andhra Pradesh; Justice Okay Subba Rao was the ninth Chief Justice of India from 1966-67.
