Cuttack: Aditya Kumar Mohapatra was sworn in as Judge of Orissa High Court on Friday.
Chief Justice S Muralidhar administered the oath of office and secrecy to the advocate in a simple ceremony on the high court premises
The President appointed Mohapatra as a judge of HC on Wednesday after the Supreme Court Collegium approved the proposal for his elevation along with lawyer Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo- and judicial officers – Radha Krishna Pattanaik and Sashikanta Mishra – as Judges of Orissa High Court on September 30.
Sahoo, Pattanaik and Mishra had taken the oath on October 19.
The Collegium had earlier recommended the transfer of three judges – Punjab & Haryana High Court Judge Justice Jaswant Singh, Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Soumen Sen and Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Arindam Sinha – to the Orissa High Court.
With Mohapatra’s appointment, the strength of judges in Orissa HC has gone up to 17.
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