High Court Of Andhra Pradesh state Andhra was formed after the separation of the erstwhile Madras state in 1954. The High Court in Guntur was established in 1954 under Mr. Sri. Justice Koka Subba Rao as Chief Justice.
In 1956, Hyderabad and Andhra merged to form Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad was the birthplace of a court system called the Andhra Pradesh High Court, which had eleven judges. Honest Justice Koka Subba Rao serves as the Chief Justice of this Supreme Court.
Andhra Pradesh was divided into Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in 2014. The Hyderabad High Court was established on 2 June 2014 and is still located in Hyderabad, functioning as the regular High Court of the State of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh High Court gave its verdict on 26 12. 2018. The Andhra Pradesh High Court in Amaravati came into force on 1 January 2019 and has fourteen honorary judges. Honest Justice Sri C. Praveen Kumar was the Deputy Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court when he took office.
The Supreme Court operated from a temporary residence in Vijayawada for the first time. President Ranjan Gogoi and Hon’ble Justice Sri N.V. were present on 03.02.2019 as Judge of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi, the speaker. Before the Honourable Justice Sri L. Nageswara Rao, Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and the Honourable Justice Sri R.Judge Subhash Reddy of the Supreme Court in India represented by Mr. Andhra Pradesh’s former Chief Minister. Sri Nara Chandrababu Naidu accompanies the Honourable Justice T. Judges. He stayed temporarily in Amaravati along with other nobles of the legal family. He established the judiciary. Later, the Supreme Court of Appeals started its work as of 18.03.2019.
High Court Rules
1) Standing Order, 2004 Chart of Circulations
Index to Standing Orders 2004
Index for Standing orders, II to XI Preliminary –
A) Preamble
B) High Court Administration
i) Formation & Structure 2
ii) Law Governing 2
iii) Role of H.C.J 3
iv) Expenditure 4
v) Judicial Service of state .. 4
vi) Indian Law Reports
vii) Subjects on the Administrative side .. .. 4
viii) Cases on Judicial Side 6
C) Registry & Its Wings 6
PART – II
Standing Orders 7 to 302
PART – III
- Annexure 303 to 361
- List of Registers (Administrative & Judicial) 362 to 370
- Subject wise Index 371 to 378
- Chart Showing Registrars & Officers 379
Standing Orders Revised 2004
Standing Order No.113
2) Writ Proceeding Rules:
Writ Proceedings Rules, 1977 High Court of Andhra Pradesh
3) Appellate Side Rules
District Judiciary Rules
1) Civil Rules Of Practice And Circular Orders:
Civil Rules of Practice and Circular Orders
2) Criminal Rules Of Practice And Circular Orders:
- Criminal Rules of Practice and Circular Orders, 1990
- Forms under Criminal Rules of Practice and Circular Orders, 1990
- High Court for the State of Andhra Pradesh Manual
3) Service Rules:
- Judicial Ministerial Service Rules
- State Judicial Service Rules, 2007
- GAZETTE – Service Rules, 2017 – High Court for the State of Andhra Pradesh status Published by Andhra Pradesh State.
Right to Information Act, 2005
- Right to Information Act, 2005, in case rules u/s 28 of the act.
- Andhra Pradesh High Court Right to Information rules, 2005, and the revision made to the rules
- High Court Right Andhra Pradesh to Information Rules in 2005, and the redraft made to the order (Telugu translation).
- Manual of Trial Court Department (published in terms of section 4(1)(b) of r.t.i. act, 2005)
C.J. & Sitting Judges
- Sri Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur, The Hon’ble The Chief Justice
- Sri Justice U.Durga Prasad Rao
- Sri Justice G.Narendar
- Sri Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari
- Sri Justice Rao Raghunandan Rao
- Sri Justice Ninala Jayasurya
- Sri Justice B. Krishna Mohan
- Sri Justice K.Suresh Reddy
- Justice K Manmadha Rao
- Justice B S Bhanumathi
- Sri Justice K Sreenivasa Reddy
- Sri Justice G Ramakrishna Prasad
- Sri Justice Venkateswarlu Nimmagadda
- Sri Justice T Rajasekhar Rao
- Sri Justice Subba Reddy Satti
- Sri Justice Ravi Cheemalapati
- Justice Vaddiboyana Sujatha
- Sri Justice A.V. Ravindra Babu
- Justice Dr. V.R.K. Krupa Sagar
- Sri Justice B.Syamsunder
- Sri Justice V.Srinivas
- Sri Justice B.V.L.N. Chakravarthi
- Sri Justice T.Mallikarjuna Rao
- Justice Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa
- Sri Justice Venuthurumalli Gopala Krishna Rao
- Sri Justice Harinath. N
- Justice Kiranmayee Mandava
- Justice Sumathi Jagadam
- Sri Justice Nyapathy Vijay
Former Chief Justices
| S.No. | Name | Tenure |
| 1 | HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN | (2016 – 2018) |
| 2 | HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR MAHESHWARI | (2019 – 2021) |
| 3 | HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ARUP KUMAR GOSWAMI | (2021 – 2021) |
| 4 | HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA | (2021 – 2023) |
Former Judges
| S.No. | Name | Tenure |
| 1 | HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.BALAYOGI | (2017 – 2019) |
| 2 | HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE T.SUNIL CHOWDARY | (2013 – 2019) |
| 3 | HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE S.V.BHATT | (2013 – 2019) |
| 4 | HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SEETHARAMA MURTI | (2013 – 2020) |
| 5 | HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.SHYAM PRASAD | (2016 – 2020) |
| 6 | HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.RAJANI | (2017 – 2020) |
| 7 | HON’BLE SRI. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR | (2019 – 2020) |
| 8 | HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE J. UMA DEVI | (2017 – 2021) |
| 9 | HON’BLE SRI. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI | (2021 – 2021) |
| 10 | HON’BLE MRS JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI | (2020 – 2021) |
| 11 | HON’BLE SRI. JUSTICE MATAM VENKATA RAMANA | (2019 – 2022) |
| 12 | HON’BLE SRI. M.SATYANARAYANA M.U.R.T.H.Y. | (2016 – 2022) |
| 13 | HON’BLE SRI. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH | (2021 – 2022) |
| 14 | HON’BLE SRI. JUSTICE K.VIJAYA L.A.K.S.H.M.I. | (2017 – 2022) |
| 15 | HON’BLE SRI. JUSTICE C.PRAVEEN K.U.M.A.R. | (2012 – 2023) |
| 16 | HON’BLE SRI. JUSTICE M.GANGA R.A.O. | (2017 – 2023) |
| 17 | HON’BLE SRI. JUSTICE B.DEVANAND | (2020 – 2023) |
| 18 | HON’BLE SRI. JUSTICE DONADI RAMESH | (2020 – 2023) |
| 19 | HON’BLE SRI. JUSTICE D.V.S.S.SOMAYAJULU | (2017 – 2023) |
| 20 | HON’BLE SRI. JUSTICE DUPPALA VENKATA RAMANA | (2022 – 2023) |
| 20 | HON’BLE SRI. JUSTICE CHEEKATI MANAVENDRANATH ROY | (2019 – 2023) |
| 21 | HON’BLE SRI. JUSTICE AKULA VENKATA SESHA SAI | (2019 – 2024) |
Conclusion
The High Court of Andhra Pradesh is the highest judicial authority in India, with extensive authority and duty to defend the fundamental rights of every individual. It is sure about the uniform interpretation of laws, safeguards individual rights, resolves disputes, and upholds the judiciary’s integrity.
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