Governor Anandiben Patel administered the oath of office to the newly-appointed Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Sanjay Kumar Seth, at 10 am on Wednesday morning at Raj Bhavan.
The proceedings of the swearing-in programme were conducted by Chief Secretary Basant Pratap Singh.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, MP Vivek Tankha, Former MP Rameshwar Neekhra, Lokayukta Naresh Kumar Gupta, Chief Information Commissioner KD Khan, Director General of Police, VK Singh, judges of courts of the state, senior officers of the departments of Law, Administration and Police, advocates, journalists and dignitaries were present during the oath-taking ceremony.