Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi, Biswajit Mohanty and Akshaya Kumar Rath were sworn in as Additional Judges of the Odisha High Court here on Thursday. Chief Justice Chaturlingam Nagappan administered the oath of offices to the newly-appointed judges in the presence of all other judges of the High Court.
Many former judges of the High Court, Advocate General Ashok Mohanty and members of the bar were present at the swearing-in ceremony, which was held in the court premises. State Cabinet Minister Debi Prasanna Mishra and Commissioner of Police Sunil K Ray also attended the ceremony.
With the joining of Justices Sarangi, Mohanty and Rath, the strength of the judges in the High Court went up to 15, including the Chief Justice.
Prior to their new assignments, the three new judges were the practising lawyers in the High Court. Immediately after the swearing-in ceremony, the three new judges presided over their respective Benches.