Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Sunday administered the oath of office to Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy as the Chief Justice of High Court.
After the swearing-in ceremony, Justice Swamy was presented a guard of honour in the High Court premises. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, Judges of Himachal Pradesh High Court, Judges of Madras High Court, Advocate General Ashok Sharma, DGP SR Mardi, Chairmen and Vice-chairmen of various boards and corporations, senior officers of the State Government and other prominent people were also present on the occasion. Justice Swamy was born on July 1, 1959. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Karnataka on July 4, 2007, and subsequently as permanent Judge on April 17, 2009.
He was also the Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka from January 17 to May 9 this year.
He had practiced for 19 years before the High Court of Karnataka, Karnataka Administrative Tribunal and Central Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore in civil, criminal, constitutional, service and labour matters.