The new chief justice of Uttarakhand high court, Ramesh Ranganathan was administered the oath of office by the state’s governor Baby Rani Maurya at the Raj Bhawan here on Friday.
Before the oath taking ceremony, the additional chief secretary Ranvir Singh read out the warrant in Hindi and English according to which the President of India has appointed Ramesh Ranganathan as the chief justice of Uttarakhand high court.
CM Trivendra Singh Rawat, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Premchand Agrawal, Cabinet Ministers Madan Kaushik, Subodh Uniyal, state minister Dhan Singh Rawat, MPs Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, MLA Khajan Das, director general of police Anil Kumar Raturi and other officials of the high court and State administration were present on the occasion.