Chandigarh, Sep 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra was on Monday sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, even as Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann remained conspicuously absent from the ceremony amid an escalating confrontation between the state government and the Centre over his appointment. The oath was administered by Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria at a formal ceremony here attended by judges of the High Court, senior officials and members of the legal fraternity, besides Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and Governor Prof.