Question: Who took oath as Chief Justice of the newly formed Telangana High Court recently?
(a) Deepak Misra
(b) Raghunandan Swarup Pathak
(c) Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta
(d) TBN Radhakrishnan
Answer: (d)
Related facts:
- On 1st January 2019, Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan sworn in as the first Chief Justice of Telangana High Court.
- Justice Radhakrishnan was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ESL Narasimhan at a simple ceremony in Raj Bhawan.
- Later, Justice Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office to 12 justices becoming part of sitting judges of Telangana High Court.
- Since July last year Justice Radhakrishnan had been serving as the Chief Justice of the combined high court of the two Telugu states (Andhra Pradesh & Telangana).
- On the same day,Justice Praveen Kumar sworn in as the acting chief justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Link :
http://www.newsonair.com/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=357375
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/tb-radhakrishnan-takes-oath-as-first-chief-justice-of-telangana-high-court/story-2mWkEU6h7t8IxrMd8Btm5O.html
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2018/jul/02/justice-tbn-radhakrishnan-appointed-as-chief-justice-of-hyderabad-high-court-1836737.html