New Delhi Justice Nuthalapti Venkata Ramana was sworn in as the 48th Chief Justice of India by President Ram Nath Kovind. At a low key ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Vice President V Venkaiah Naidu, Justice Ramana took the oath in English in the nae of God.
Ramana was born on August 27, 1957 to a farming family in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna District. After a degree in law, he enrolled as lawyer in February of 1983. He has served as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court in 2013 and was elevated to Supreme Court as judge in 2014. He is due to retire on 26 August 2022.
