Governor Om Prakash Kohli administered oath to the newly appointed Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Hemant Gupta at Raj Bhavan on Saturday.
The senior most Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Hemant Gupta was the Acting Chief Justice of the Patna High Court. He succeeds Justice Rajendra Menon, who served as the acting Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court since May 2016.
Justice Gupta was elevated as a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in July, 2002, before being transferred to the Patna High Court in February last year.
Justice Gupta has been stressing on the need for cordial ties between the Bench and the Bar and has been assuring the legal fraternity of cooperation in effective administration of justice.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Minister for Finance Jayant Malaiya, Minister for School Education Kunwar Vijay Shah, Minister for law and legislative Affairs Rampal Singh, Minister of State for Animal Husbandry and Fishermen Welfare Antar Singh Arya and Minister of State for General Administration lal Singh Arya, State Election Commissioner
R Parshuram, Chief Information Commissioner KD Khan, Director General of Police
Rishi Kumar Shukla, Judges, Senior Officers of law, Administration and Police Department, Advocates and others were present during the oath taking ceremony.