NE NEWS SERVICE
HYDERABAD/TIRUPATI, JUNE 11
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Friday was accorded a warm welcome by Telangana government with Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao receiving him at Raj Bhavan with bouquets.
Glad to receive Honourable Chief Justice of India Justice Shri N V Ramana garu.Alongside Honourable @TelanganaCMO Shri KCR garu & Honourable Chief Justice of Telangana Justice Hima Kohli garu at #RajBhavan #Hyderabad #Telangana pic.twitter.com/FhZcikKLQt
— Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan (மோடியின் குடும்பம் ) (@DrTamilisai4BJP) June 11, 2021
This is Justice Ramanas maiden visit to the State after becoming the Chief Justice of India on April 24 this year.
Telangana High Court Chief Justice HimaKohli, Minister for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao, along with several other Ministers and senior officials, received Justice Ramana at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here.
He landed here from Tirupati where he stayed on Thursday night.
The pride among Telugu people was palpable as the son of the soil reaching the pinnacle of the judiciary.
There were huge billboards set up by the State government welcoming him.
He was accompanied by his wife Sivamala.
Justice Ramana recently cleared a proposal of increasing the judges strengths in the Telangana High Court by 70 per cent to 42 from the existing 24.
The move was seen as an acceleration of justice delivery in the State.
Some banners were put up on Metro rail pillars thanking him for the move.
తిరుమల శ్రీవారి దర్శనానికి విచ్చేసిన సుప్రీంకోర్టు ప్రధాన న్యాయమూర్తి శ్రీ ఎన్వీ రమణ గారు ఈ రోజు శ్రీవారిని దర్శించుకున్నారు. అనంతరం రంగనాయకుల మండపంలో స్వామివారి తీర్థ ప్రసాదాలు, చిత్రపటాన్ని అందించాము. pic.twitter.com/XQshAdh2AY
— Y V Subba Reddy (@yvsubbareddymp) June 11, 2021
Earlier in the morning, he offered prayers at the ancient hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala.
Justice Ramana, an ardent devotee of Lord Venkateswara, with his family members, arrived here on Thursday night and paid his obeisance to Lord Venkateswara by taking part in the Ekantha Seva ritual at the hill temple, a temple official said.
After an overnight stay on the hills, Justice Ramana, along with family members, visited the shrine at the crack of dawn and participated in an hour-long celestial bath (Abhishekam) conducted every Friday to the main deity of Lord Venkateswara at the inner sanctum at the over two-millennia old hill shrine by the high priests, amid chanting Vedic hymns, the official said.
TTD Chairman YV Subba Reddy, Executive Officer KS Jawahar Reddy and Additional Executive Officer AV Dharma Reddy conducted Justice Ramana to the sanctum sanctorum upon his arrival at the shrine, the official said.
After worshipping on the hills, speaking to TTD-run devotion TV Channel SVBC, Justice Ramana said that with the divine blessings of Lord Venkateswara, he had reached the apex level in his career, the temple official said.
It was with the grace of Venkateswara Swamy what I am today and with His blessings, I would do my best to take up the legal system to the next level’, the official said quoting Justice Ramana as saying to the TTD TV Channel.
Before leaving Tirupati, Justice Ramana offered worship at the shrine of goddess Sri Padmavathi in Tiruchanur near here.
This is Justice Ramanas second visit to the shrine this year as he had in his capacity as CJI-designate had visited the temple on April 11, the official added.
