Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi was sworn in as the 15th Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court, in a ceremony at the state Raj Bhavan, with Governor C P Radhakrishnan administering the oath of office and secrecy.

• Justice Sarangi's tenure will be notably brief, as he is scheduled to retire on July 19, just days after assuming his new role.
• Before his elevation to the judiciary, Justice Sarangi had a distinguished legal career, practicing for 27 years at the Bar before the High Court of Orissa and the Supreme Court of India.
• He was appointed as a Permanent Judge of the Orissa High Court on June 20, 2013, where he has since delivered a substantial number of judgments and resolved numerous cases.