Bengaluru, Feb. 27 -- Justice Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria, 58, took oath as 34th Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka on Feb. 25. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered oath to him at Raj Bhavan.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil were among other dignitaries present at the event.

Born on March 23, 1965 at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Justice Anjaria was serving as the senior most judge of the High Court of Gujarat until his elevation as Chief Justice of Karnataka HC.

A native of Mandvi in Kachchh district, he hails from a family of lawyers and his father too had served in the judiciary. He started his practice as a lawyer in 1988 and later s...