Cuttack: Justice Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri was on Sunday sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. Earlier, he was a judge of Rajasthan High Court.

Governor Ganeshi Lal administered the oath of office at a brief ceremony at the high court here.

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik, law minister Pratap Jena, finance minister Shashibhusan Behera, judges of the high court, advocate-general Surya Prasad Mishra, and members of the Bar, were among those who attended the swearing-in.

Earlier, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi read out the presidential notification regarding the appointment of the Chief Justice.

Justice Jhaveri, 61, is the 30th Chief Justice of Orissa High Court.

The post fell vacant following the elevation of Justice Jhaveri's predecessor Justice Vineet Saran to the Supreme Court on August 3. Justice Indrajit Mahanty had since been the acting Chief Justice of the high court.

Justice Jhaveri was born on January 5, 1958. After doing BSc from Gujarat University, he obtained special LLB degree from there in 1983. He enrolled himself as an advocate in January 1983. He started practice in Gujarat High Court and handled a large number of cases in various branches of law. He was a secretary of Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association from 1988 to 1990.

Justice Jhaveri was elevated as judge of Gujarat High Court on March 7, 2004, and confirmed as permanent judge on June 22, 2005. Later, he was transferred to Rajasthan High Court in August 2016.