Brushing aside opposition, the government appointed on Wednesday former Chief Justice of India Palaniswamy Sathasivam governor of Kerala.
Sathasivam, 65, is the first Chief Justice of India to be appointed to the post which is lower in warrant of precedence to the CJI. He is the first non-political person appointed for a gubernatorial post by the new NDA government.
A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said that the President has accepted the resignation of Sheila Dikshit, who submitted her papers last week, as Kerala governor and has appointed Sathasivam with effect from the date he assumes charge.
Sathasivam retired as Chief Justice in April this year.
The Congress had slammed the move to appoint Sathasivam as Kerala governor and wondered whether the government was "pleased" with his judgement in the Amit Shah case
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