Srinagar: Governor N.N. Vohra administered Oath of Office to Justice Gita Mittal as Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court at the Raj Bhavan on Saturday.

The Warrant of Appointment of Justice Mittal as Chief Justice of the J&K High Court was read out by the Registrar General of the High Court.

Mrs. Usha Vohra, First Lady; Dr. Farooq Abdullah and  Omar Abdullah, former Chief Ministers, B.B. Vyas, K Vijay Kumar and Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, Advisors to Governor; serving and retired Judges of Supreme Court and J&K High Court;  BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary;D.C. Raina, Advocate  General; Dr. S.P. Vaid, Director General of Police;  were present on the oath taking ceremony.