India, Jan. 11 -- Justice Soumen Sen was on Saturday sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court. Justice Sen was administered the oath of office by Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at the Lok Bhavan here in the morning.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Speaker AN Shamseer, state Law Minister P Rajeev, BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Kerala Police Chief Ravada Azad Chandrasekhar and several senior judges of the High Court were present at the swearing-in ceremony, a Lok Bhavan release said.

Justice Sen was earlier sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court in October last year. Subsequently, the Union Government on January 1 issued a notification transferring him as the Chief Justice of Kerala H...