Senior advocate of the Telangana High Court B Vijaysen Reddy was sworn in as a judge of the court on Saturday morning.
The Chief Justice of the state Justice R S Chauhan administered the oath of office to him.
Reddy is the son of the former Chief Justice of Kerala and Tamilnadu High Courts B Subhashan Reddy.
The swearing-in ceremony was telecast live through a web link hosted on the website of the High Court.
The union ministry of law and justice had issued a notification on Friday stating that the President of India had appointed Reddy as a Telangana High Court judge.
Another High Court judge Justice A Rajasekhar Reddy, the Advocate General, the Chairman of the Bar Council, the Bar president, the Public Prosecutor, the registrars of the court, and other officers of the High Court, along with Vijaysen Reddy's family members, attended the swearing-in ceremony.
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