Chennai, July 21 -- Mr Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava was sworn as new Chief Justice of Madras High Court today evening.

At a simple function held at Raj Bhavan, Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi administered the oath of office and secretary to Justice Shrivastava.

Since Chief Minister M.K. Stalin could not to attend the swearing-in ceremony due to hospitalisation, Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu, Deputy Chief Minister Uhdyanidhi Stalin, Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan, Municipal Administration Minister K.N. Nehru and others attended the event and greeted the Chief Justice.

Senior IAS officers, judges of High Court, Bar leaders, senior police officials, and other members of the judiciary were also present on the occasion....