Justice Sud was the first to be administered the oath followed by Justice Narang, Justice Gill and Justice Bakhshish Kaur, in order of seniority.

The Judges solemnly affirmed to "bear true faith and alliance to the Constitution of India" and to "uphold the sovereignty and integrity" of the country. They also pledged to perform the duties of the office "without fear, favour, affection and ill-will", and to the best of their "ability, knowledge and judgment".

With their assuming the office, the strength of High Court Judges has increased to 29 against the sanctioned strength of 40. Today's ceremony, conducted by Registrar K.K. Garg, was attended by the sitting Judges, retired Chief Justices and Judges, along with Adviser to the Administrator Vineeta Rai and Haryana CS R.S. Varma.

A specialist in I-T matters, Justice Sud has been practising law since January 1966. Born in June 1944, he had passed LLB examination from Panjab University in 1965.

Designated as a senior advocate, Justice Narang was enrolled as an advocate in 1968 after passing LLB examinations from Panjab University in 1967. He had also taught in the Department of Laws here in 1975.

Practising law since 1972, Justice Gill also did his law from Punjab University. He was also non-official member of the Punjab Law Commission headed by late Justice B.S. Dhillon.

Justice Bakhshish Kaur was promoted as District and Sessions Judge in 1992 after joining PCS (Judicial ) in April 1965.