New Tripura High Court CJ assumes office

Agartala : Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki on Wednesday administered the oath of office and secrecy to new Tripura High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Karol during a simple ceremony held at the old Raj Bhavan complex here.

Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, his council of ministers along with two High Court judges -- Justice Subhashish Talapatra and Justice Arindam Lodh -- and other senior officials were also present at the event.

Justice Karol, who was a judge at the Himachal Pradesh High Court, succeeded Justice Ajay Rastogi, who was elevated to the Supreme Court in October.

Justice Karol, 57, enrolled as a lawyer in 1986, and served as the Advocate General of Himachal Pradesh between 1998 and 2003.