<p>Ranchi: Justice M S Ramachandra Rao was sworn in as the chief justice of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/jharkhand-high-court">Jharkhand High Court</a> here on Wednesday.</p><p>Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar administered the oath of office to Justice Rao at the Raj Bhavan here.</p><p>Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Assembly Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto, state ministers, several judges and senior government officials attended the swearing-in ceremony.</p><p>Chief justices were appointed in seven high courts on September 21.</p><p>The appointments came after the Supreme Court Collegium amended some of its July 11 recommendations earlier this month.</p>.Can't call any part of India Pakistan: CJI on Karnataka HC judge's remark.<p>Justice Rao, who headed the Himachal Pradesh High Court, had been assigned the role of the chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court.</p><p>His transfer came days after the Jharkhand government moved the Supreme Court against the BJP-led Centre for not implementing the apex court collegium's recommendation to send Justice Rao to head the state high court.</p><p>Justice Rao, a third-generation judge in his family, is a science graduate with Mathematics honours from Bhavans New Science College under Osmania University.</p><p>He stood first in the university and thereafter studied law.</p><p>Osmania University awarded him the CVSS Acharyulu Gold Medal for securing the highest marks in the final year LL.B.</p><p>Justice Rao then enrolled as an advocate and achieved his Masters degree from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1991.</p><p>He was elevated as an additional judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on June 29, 2012.</p><p>He was transferred as judge of Punjab and Haryana high courts in October 2021 and later to Himachal Pradesh High Court. </p>
<p>Ranchi: Justice M S Ramachandra Rao was sworn in as the chief justice of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/jharkhand-high-court">Jharkhand High Court</a> here on Wednesday.</p><p>Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar administered the oath of office to Justice Rao at the Raj Bhavan here.</p><p>Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Assembly Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto, state ministers, several judges and senior government officials attended the swearing-in ceremony.</p><p>Chief justices were appointed in seven high courts on September 21.</p><p>The appointments came after the Supreme Court Collegium amended some of its July 11 recommendations earlier this month.</p>.Can't call any part of India Pakistan: CJI on Karnataka HC judge's remark.<p>Justice Rao, who headed the Himachal Pradesh High Court, had been assigned the role of the chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court.</p><p>His transfer came days after the Jharkhand government moved the Supreme Court against the BJP-led Centre for not implementing the apex court collegium's recommendation to send Justice Rao to head the state high court.</p><p>Justice Rao, a third-generation judge in his family, is a science graduate with Mathematics honours from Bhavans New Science College under Osmania University.</p><p>He stood first in the university and thereafter studied law.</p><p>Osmania University awarded him the CVSS Acharyulu Gold Medal for securing the highest marks in the final year LL.B.</p><p>Justice Rao then enrolled as an advocate and achieved his Masters degree from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1991.</p><p>He was elevated as an additional judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on June 29, 2012.</p><p>He was transferred as judge of Punjab and Haryana high courts in October 2021 and later to Himachal Pradesh High Court. </p>