The Acting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar was administered the oath of office as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, by Governor of Haryana and Punjab and Administrator Chandigarh UT Kaptan Singh Solanki at Haryana Raj Bhavan on Saturday.
Apart from the Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, others present on the occasion included Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal, Punjab Cabinet Minister Aadesh Pratap Karon, Chief Secretary Haryana DS Dhesi, Chief Secretary Punjab Sarvesh Kaushal, Adviser to Administrator Chandigarh Parimal Rai, Haryana Advocate General Baldev Raj Mahajan and other senior officers of Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh Administration.
The family members of Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar and his well wishers were also present.
Justice Vazifdar did llB from Hinduja law College, Bombay. He got enrolled as an Advocate on the rolls of Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa on October 17, 1980.
He practiced on both Original and Appellate Sides in the Bombay High Court in Civil, Constitutional, Company and Arbitration matters.
He was sworn in as Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court on January 22, 2001.
He was appointed as a permanent Judge on January 21, 2003.
He assumed charge as the Acting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court on December 15, 2014 on transfer from Bombay High Court.