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Justice N.V Ramana takes oath as 48th Chief Justice of India
Justice N.V Ramana takes oath as 48th Chief Justice of India. Full details on Dynamite News.
New Delhi: Justice NV Ramana takes oath as the new Chief Justice of India (CJI). He was administered the oath by President Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Born in an agricultural family in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district on August 27, 1957, Justice Ramana, 63, will be the country's top judge for a year and four months till August 26, 2022.
He is the second Chief Justice of India from Andhra Pradesh; Justice K Subba Rao was the ninth Chief Justice of India from 1966-67.
He was "appointed as a permanent Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on June 27, 2000. He functioned as acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court from March 10, 2013 to May 20, 2013," it further reads.
He was elevated as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in 2013 and as a judge in the top court in 2014.