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Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath of office to Justice Sen at Lok Bhavan here in the morning.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Assembly Speaker AN Shamseer, state Law Minister P Rajeev, BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Kerala Police chief Ravada Chandrasekhar and several senior high court judges were present at the swearing-in ceremony, a Lok Bhavan release said.
Justice Sen had earlier taken oath as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court in October last year.
Subsequently, the Central Government issued a notification on 1 January transferring him as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.
He replaced Justice Nitin Jamdar who retired as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on January 9.
Justice Sen will be the 40th Chief Justice of Kerala High Court.
A full court meeting will be held in the Chief Justice’s Court in the Kerala High Court on Monday, January 12, to welcome Justice Sen.
Justice Sen was born on 27 July 1965 in Kolkata and completed his LLB. Got first position in his class from Calcutta University in 1990.
He enrolled as an advocate in January 1991 and practiced in the Calcutta High Court for over 20 years before being elevated as a judge on April 13, 2011.
(edited by : Sarabasti Biswas,