Justice KM Joseph was administered oath as chief justice of Uttarakhand High court by Uttarakhand Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi at Nainital on Thursday. Former Chief Justice of Uttarakhand high court had retired on June 3, 2014.
During oath taking ceremony other dignitaries including Justice BK Bisht, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Justice Alok Singh, Justice Sarvesh Gupta, Justice UC Dhyani, Assembly speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal,
State Finance & Parliamentary Affairs Minister Indira Hridayesh, Uttarakhand Advocate General UK Uniyal, MlA Sarita Arya, Municipality chairman
Shyam Narayan, Ex-Justice
Rajesh Tandon, JCS Rawat, Mo Irshad Hussein, BS Verma, District Judge NS Dhanik, Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar, DGP BS Sidhu, Kumaon University VC Prof HS Dhami, Kumaon Commissioner Avnendra Singh Nayal, DIG Kumaon Anant Ram Chouhan, Nainital DM Akshat Gupta, SSP Nainital Vimmi Sachdeva, Commandant Anant
Shankar Takwale, Chief Engineer BC Binwal, Senior Advocate Dr Mahendra Singh Pal and other advocates were present there.