Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi was sworn-in as Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur at Durbar Hall of Raj Bhawan Saturday. Governor Balramji Das Tandon administered the oath of the office and confidentiality.

First lady of the state Brijpal Tandon, Chief Minister Raman Singh, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal, Higher Education Minister Premprakash Padeny, Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, Urban Administration and Commercial Tax Minister Amar Agrawal, Panchayat and Rural Development Department Ajay Chandrakar, Home Minister Ramsevak Paikra, Forest Minister Mahesh Gagda, labour Minister Bhaiyalal Rajwade, MlAs, Chairman of State Finance Commission Chandrashekhar Sahu, Raipur Municipal Corporation Mayor Pramod Dubey, Chairman, lokayukt  Justice SN Shrivastav, State Election Commissioner Thakur Ram Singh, Information Commissioner Ashok Agrawal, AK Singh, State Public Service Commission Chairman KR Pisda, Chairman of Raipur Development Authority Sanjay Shrivastava, Padma Shree Dr Mahadev Prasad Pandey, Dr Ramendranath Mishra were present.

Chief Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi's wife Alka Tripathi, his family members, Registrar General of Chhattisgarh High Court Judge Neelamchand Sankhla, Justices Pritinkar Diwakar, Prashant Kumar Mishra, Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, Sanjay K Agrawal, Sanjay Shyam Agrawal, RCS Samant, Sharadchandra Gupta, RP Sharma, Arvind Singh Chandel, P P Sahu, Gautam Chauradiya, Mrs. Vimla Kapoor, Mrs Rajni Dubey, Additional Chief secretary Sunil Kujur, KDP Rao, Director General of Police AN Upadhyay, Principal Secretary Amitabh Jain, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Aman Kumar Singh, Secretary Subodh Singh, Secretary to Governor Surendra Kumar Jaiswal, Secretary General Administration Ms Reeta Shandilya, Director Public Relations Chandrakant Uikey and Senior Administrative Officers, Advocates and a large number of prominent citizens also attended the event. Chief Secretary of the state Ajay Singh conducted the programme.