Tezpur, ASSAM / Patna, BIHAR :

Patna:

Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari was sworn in as the chief justice (CJ) of Patna high court by Bihar governor Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan on Friday.

Justice Ansari had been officiating as the Patna HC CJ ever since CJ L Narasimha Reddy retired on July 31 last year. He was also the acting CJ of Patna HC from December 13, 2014 to January 1, 2015 after the retirement of then CJ Rekha M Doshit. Justice Ansari joined the Patna HC on November 11, 2013.

Chief minister Nitish Kumar, deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, former deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi, assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary, legislative council chairman Awadhesh Narain Singh, state advocate general Ram Balak Mahto, principal additional advocate general Lalit Kishore and senior advocates and government lawyers also attended the ceremony.

Born on October 29, 1954 at Tezpur in Assam, Ansari did BSc from Darrang College, Tezpur and graduation in law from Tezpur Law College, of which his father, a Bar-at-Law, was the founder principal.

Ansari joined the Assam judicial services in April 1991 and worked as a district and sessions judge before being elevated as a judge in the Guwahati HC in June 1999. He will retire on October 29 this year.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Patna / TNN / July 29th, 2016