Andhra Pradesh High Court

The High Court of Andhra Pradesh is the High Court of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It serves the judicial duties of Andhra Pradesh.

History The High Court of Andhra Pradesh was established in 1954 when the state was formed from the earlier Madras Presidency. After the merger of the Hyderabad State with Andhra State to form the State of Andhra Pradesh, the Court initially continued at Guntur till 1956. Thereafter the High Court started functioning from the then capital city of the state, Hyderabad. However, post bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad was constituted as a common High Court, until the new High Court for the State of Andhra Pradesh was created, by a Presidential order on 1 January 2019 under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.

Geography and structure The High Court is located at Amaravati. It is a G+2 structure which has 23 halls that spread over an area of . It was built in 4 acres with a cost of 157.3 crore. This building was constructed by Larsen & Toubro Limited.

Chief Justice & Judges

The Andhra Pradesh High Court sits at Amravati, the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh, and can have maximum of 37 judges, of which 28 must be permanently appointed and 9 may be additionally appointed. The court currently has 29 judges.

Judges transferred from the Andhra Pradesh High Court Sr. No.Name of the JudgeRecruitmentDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementRemark1Lalitha KannegantiBAR2 May 20204 May 2033Judge of Telangana High Court

List of chief justices No.PortraitJudgeTerm startTerm endAndhra High Court, Guntur1Koka Subba RaoUnited Andhra Pradesh High Court1Koka Subba Rao2P. Chandra Reddy3P. Satyanarayana Raju4Manohar Pershad5Nandalike Devarao Krishna Rao6P. Jagan Mohan Reddy7N. Kumarayya8K.V.L. Narasimham9Gopal Rao Ekbote10S. Obul Reddi11B. J. Divan(10)S. Obul Reddi12Avula Sambasiva Rao13Challa Kondaiah14Alladi Kuppu Swami15Konda Madhava Reddy16Koka Ramachandra Rao17P. Chennakesav Reddi18K. Bhaskaran19Yogeshwar Dayal20S.C. Pratap21S.B. Majumdar22Sundaram Nainar Sundaram23Saiyed Sagir Ahmed24Prabha Shankar Mishra25Umesh Chandra Banerjee26Manmohan Singh Liberhan27S. B. Sinha28Arunachalam R. Lakshmanan29Devinder Gupta30G.S. Singhvi31Anil Ramesh Dave32Nisar Ahmad Kakru33Madan Lokur34Pinaki Chandra Ghose35Kalyan Jyoti SenguptaHigh Court of Judicature at Hyderabad36T.B. RadhakrishnanAndhra Pradesh High Court1J. K. Maheshwari2Arup Kumar Goswami3Prashant Kumar Mishra4Dhiraj Singh Thakur5Lisa GillIncumbent

Judges elevated as Chief Justices This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Andhra Pradesh. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Andhra Pradesh High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Andhra Pradesh High Court but does not have Andhra Pradesh as their Parent High Court.

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NameImageAppointed as CJ in HC ofDate of appointmentDate of retirementTenureAs JudgeAs Chief JusticeAs Chief JusticeAs JudgeRamesh RanganathanUttarakhandSarasa Venkatanarayana BhattiKerala

Judges appointed as Acting Chief Justice NameAppointed as ACJ in HC ofDate of appointment as JudgePeriod as Acting Chief JusticeDate of retirementTenure as ACJTenure as JudgeRemarksRef..Ramesh RanganathanAndhra Pradesh --C. Praveen KumarAndhra PradeshS. V. N. BhattiKeralaBecame permanentAkula Venkata Sesha SaiAndhra Pradesh --

Judges elevated to Supreme Court

This section includes the list of only those judges whose parent high court was Andhra Pradesh. This includes those judges who, at the time of elevation to Supreme Court of India, may not be serving in Andhra Pradesh High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of elevation were serving in Andhra Pradesh High Court but does not have Andhra Pradesh as their Parent High Court.

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Judges of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh High Court

Elevated as Chief Justices This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Andhra Pradesh. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Andhra Pradesh High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Andhra Pradesh High Court but does not have Andhra Pradesh as their Parent High Court.

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Symbol Key Elevated to Supreme Court of India Resigned Died in office NameImageAppointed as CJ in HC ofDate of appointmentDate of retirementTenureRef..As JudgeAs Chief JusticeAs Chief JusticeAs JudgePenmetsa Satyanarayana RajuAndhra PradeshNandalike Devarao Krishna RaoAndhra PradeshManohar PershadAndhra PradeshMohammed Ahmed AnsariKeralaPingle Jaganmohan ReddyAndhra PradeshNamapalli KumarayyaAndhra PradeshCanakapalli Sanjeevrow NayuduGauhatiK. V. L. NarasimhamAndhra PradeshGopal Rao EkboteAndhra PradeshSeshareddi Obul ReddyAndhra Pradesh, transferred to Gujarat then back to Andhra PradeshAvula Sambasiva RaoAndhra PradeshChalla KondaiahAndhra PradeshAlladi Kuppu SwamiAndhra PradeshKonda Madhava ReddyAndhra Pradesh, transferred to BombayKoka Ramachandra RaoAndhra PradeshPalem Chennakesava ReddyAndhra Pradesh, transferred to GauhatiAnisetti RaghuvirAndhra Pradesh, transferred to GauhatiBenjaram Pranaya Jeevan ReddyAllahabadMamidanna Jagannadha RaoKerala, transferred to DelhiAmbati Lakshman RaoAllahabadMakani Narayana RaoHimachal PradeshYarabati Bhaskar RaoKarnatakaPonaka Venkatarama ReddiKarnatakaBollampally Subhashan ReddyMadras, transferred to KeralaBuchireddy Sudarshan ReddyGauhatiJasti ChelameswarGauhati, transferred to KeralaToom Meena KumariMeghalayaNuthalapati Venkata RamanaDelhiGorla RohiniDelhiLingala Narasimha ReddyPatnaRamayyagari Subhash ReddyGujarat

Elevated to Supreme Court This section includes the list of only those judges whose parent high court was Andhra Pradesh. This includes those judges who, at the time of elevation to Supreme Court of India, may not be serving in Andhra Pradesh High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of elevation were serving in Andhra Pradesh High Court but does not have Andhra Pradesh as their Parent High Court.

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Key Resigned Died in office #Name of the JudgeImageDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementTenureImmediately preceding officeIn Parent High CourtIn Supreme CourtIn High Court(s)In Supreme CourtTotal tenure1Penmetsa Satyanarayana RajuCJ in same High Court2Pingle Jaganmohan ReddyCJ in same High Court3Ontethupalli Chinnappa ReddyJudge of Andhra Pradesh HC4Katikithala RamaswamyJudge of Andhra Pradesh HC5Kamireddy Jayachandra ReddyJudge of Andhra Pradesh HC6Benjaram Pranaya Jeevan Reddy31st CJ of Allahabad HC7Mamidanna Jagannadha Rao17th CJ of Delhi HC8Syed Shah Mohammed QuadriActing CJ of Andhra Pradesh HC9Ponaka Venkatarama Reddi20th CJ of Karnataka HC10Buchireddy Sudershan Reddy30th CJ of Gauhati HC11Jasti Chelameswar29th CJ of Kerala HC12Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana28th CJ of Delhi HC13Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy24th CJ of Gujarat HC

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