Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka takes charge as Karnataka High Court's Chief Justice
Bengaluru: Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka on Friday took oath as the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court at the Raj Bhavan here in the city. He was administered the oath by Governor Vajubhai Vala in the presence of Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy and Dy.CM Dr. G Parameshwar.
Justice Oka was the second senior most judge in Bombay High Court before his elevation as the Karnataka High Court’s Chief Justice.
59-year old Justice Oka enrolled as an Advocate in 1983 and was later elevated as the Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court in August 2003 and was confirmed as the permanent Judge in November 2005.
After Karnataka High Court’s Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari was elevated as the Judge of Supreme Court in January this year, Justice L Narayana Swamy was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.
Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar, DG&IGP Neelamani N Raju and others were present during the oath taking ceremony on Friday.
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Trump says suspect was armed with multiple weapons at WH correspondents' dinner
Washington (PTI): President Donald Trump is addressing reporters at the White House after he and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after a shooting incident outside the ballroom.
Trump said the suspect was armed with multiple weapons before stopped by Secret Service. One officer was shot, but he was protected by a bulletproof vest.
“He was shot from very close distance with a very powerful gun, and the vest did the job,” Trump said.
