THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Justice Navniti Prasad Singh was sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court on Monday.
Kerala Governor P Sathasivam administered the oath of office to Justice Singh at the Raj Bhavan here.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his cabinet colleagues G Sudhakaran, A K Saseendran, Mathew T Thomas, E Chandrasekharan, C Raveendranath and Ramachandran Kadannappally and Congress MP and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor were among those present on the occasion.
Prior to this appointment, Singh was a judge at the Patna High Court.