Justice Chellur sworn in as Chief Justice

Governor H R Bharadwaj administering the oath of office to High Court
Chief Justice Manjula Chellur at the Raj Bhavan Auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.
Photo: The New Indian Express/ NP Jayan

By Lesley Rajan

Thiruvananthapuram: Mrs. Justice Manjula Chellur sworn in as 30^th Chief Justice of High Court of Kerala on Wednesday, 26^th September 2012 by Governor H R Bharadwaj at a simple but elegant function at Raj Bhavan.

Governor H R Bharadwaj administered oath to the Justice Manjula in the presence of Chief Minister Oomen Chandy, Speaker of Legislative Assembly G Karthikeyen, Law Minister K.M Mani and other Cabinet ministers, after Chief Secretary K Jayakumar read out the Warrant of Appointment issued by President Pranab Mukherjee.

Mrs. Manjula Chellur joined Karnataka Judicial Service as a District Judge in 1988. She was elevated as a permanent Judge of Karnataka High Court on 17^th August 2000. Her Lordship had been functioning as the Acting Chief Justice of Kerala High Court after she was transferred from Karnataka High Court last November.

The swearing in ceremony was also attended by former Supreme Court Judge Cyriac Joseph, High Court Judges C N Ramachandran Nair, T R Ramachandran Nair, C.K Abdul Rahim and Pius C Kuriakose; Director General of Prosecution T Asif Ali; Additional Director General of Prosecutions’ Tom Jose Padinjarekkara and Abdul Rasheed.