Sathasivam sworn in as Kerala guv
7 Sept 2014 4:51 AM IST
Former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam was on Friday sworn in as Kerala governor.
Sixty five- year-old Sathasivam, whose appointment triggered debate in legal and political circles on the propriety of giving gubernatorial assignment to a former CJI, is the 23rd governor of the state.
He was administered the oath of office by acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, Justice Ashok Bhushan, at the Raj Bhavan here.
He is the first Chief Justice of India to be appointed to the post which is lower in warrant of precedence to the CJI.
He is also the first non-political person appointed for a gubernatorial post by the new NDA government.
Sixty five- year-old Sathasivam, whose appointment triggered debate in legal and political circles on the propriety of giving gubernatorial assignment to a former CJI, is the 23rd governor of the state.
He was administered the oath of office by acting Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, Justice Ashok Bhushan, at the Raj Bhavan here.
He is the first Chief Justice of India to be appointed to the post which is lower in warrant of precedence to the CJI.
He is also the first non-political person appointed for a gubernatorial post by the new NDA government.
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