Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 26
Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court at Raj Bhawan here on Thursday.
Governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oath of office to Justice Jamdar in the presence of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his cabinet colleagues, Leader of Opposition V. D. Satheesan and high-ranking officials.
Justice Jamdar was appointed as a judge of the Bombay High Court on January 23, 2012.
Passionate about photography, Jamdar is known for computerising the Bombay High Court and is considered an expert in the Constitution.
In July, the Supreme Court Collegium cleared his name for the post, and on September 21, the Union government gave the nod for his appointment.
The Kerala High Court has a sanctioned strength of 35 permanent judges including the Chief Justice and 12 judges, but at the moment, there are 29 permanent and 10 additional judges.
Justice Jamdar's immediate concern will be the calls made by President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi early this month at the National Conference of the District Judiciary about the huge pendency of cases.