President of India, Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office to Justice Ramana at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan at 11 AM. Justice Ramana took over from former CJI SA Bobde who retired from office on Friday.
Justice Ramana is the first judge from Andhra Pradesh High Court to be the Chief Justice of India. Justice Ramana will have a tenure of 1 year 4 months as CJI and will demit office on August 26, 2022. Before his elevation to the Supreme Court on February 17, 2014, Justice Ramana was the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. He was born in an agricultural family on August 27, 1957 in Ponnavaram Village, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. He has also functioned as Additional Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh. He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on June 27, 2000. He functioned as Acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court from March 10, 2013 to May 20, 2013. During his tenure of over 7 years at the Supreme Court, Justice Ramana has authored 156 judgments.
