Agencies

New Delhi, October 3:

Justice Ranjan Gogoi was on Wednesday sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India.

He succeeds Justice Dipak Misra.

President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath to the 63-year-old Justice Gogoi at a brief ceremony in the Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Darbar Hall.

Justice Gogoi will have a tenure of a little over 13 months and retire on November 17, 2019.