Narayan Swamy takes over as CJ Himachal H C

Shimla: Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court here today. He was administered the oath of office by Governor Bandaru Dattatraya at Raj Bhawan. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur was also present .

The ceremony took place at the Darbar Hall of the Raj Bhawan, where Chief Secretary Dr. Shrikant Baldi conducted the proceedings of oath ceremony and read out the Warrant of Appointment issued by the President of India.

Justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy, B.A., L.L.M., born on 1 July 1959, was enrolled as an Advocate on 15 October 1987. He practiced for 19 years before the High Court of Karnataka, Karnataka Administrative Tribunal & Central Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore in civil, criminal, constitutional, service and labour matters. He specialized in constitutional matters.

He worked as High Court Government Pleader from 1995 to 1999. He was appointed as an Additional Judge of Karnataka High Court on 4 July 20 and appointed as a permanent Judge on April 17, 2009.Nara