{"id":47433,"date":"2017-03-19T11:45:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T06:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47433"},"modified":"2017-03-19T11:46:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T06:16:05","slug":"new-chief-justice-mp-high-court-justice-hemant-gupta-takes-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/new-chief-justice-mp-high-court-justice-hemant-gupta-takes-charge","title":{"rendered":"New chief justice of MP High Court Justice Hemant Gupta takes charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Justice-Hemant-Gupta.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-attachment-id=\"47434\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/new-chief-justice-mp-high-court-justice-hemant-gupta-takes-charge\/justice-hemant-gupta\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Justice-Hemant-Gupta.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Justice-Hemant-Gupta\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Justice Hemant Gupta &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Justice-Hemant-Gupta.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-47434\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Justice-Hemant-Gupta.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Justice-Hemant-Gupta.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Justice-Hemant-Gupta.jpg?resize=133%2C100&amp;ssl=1 133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Justice-Hemant-Gupta.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Justice-Hemant-Gupta.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Justice Hemant Gupta today took oath as the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court at a brief ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan here.<\/p>\n<p>Governor O P Kohli administered the oath of office and secrecy to Justice Gupta.<\/p>\n<p>The function was attended by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and members of the judiciary and legal fraternity.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Gupta was earlier the officiating chief justice of the Patna High Court. 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