Andhra Pradesh High Court

High Court of Andhra Pradesh ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్ర ఉన్నత న్యాయస్థానం
High Court of Andhra Pradesh building
Interactive map of High Court of Andhra Pradesh ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్ర ఉన్నత న్యాయస్థానం
16°31′10″N80°29′08″E / 16.5195°N 80.4856°E / 16.5195; 80.4856
Established	1 January 2019;6 years ago (2019-01-01)
Jurisdiction	Andhra Pradesh
Location	Nelapadu, Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates	16°31′10″N80°29′08″E / 16.5195°N 80.4856°E / 16.5195; 80.4856
Composition method	Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Authorised by	Constitution of India
Judge term length	till the age of 62 years
Number of positions	37
Website	aphc.gov.in
Chief Justice
Currently	Dhiraj Singh Thakur
Since	28 July 2023

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. ^{[1] [2]}

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. ^[3] It is a G+2 structure which has 23 halls that spread over an area of 220,000 square feet (20,000 m²). It was built in 4 acres with a cost of 157.3 crore. This building was constructed by Larsen & Toubro Limited. ^[1]

Chief Justice & Judges

The Andhra Pradesh High Court sits at Amravati, the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh, ^[4] 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. ^[5]

See also: List of sitting judges of High Courts of India § Andhra Pradesh High Court

Judges transferred from the Andhra Pradesh High Court-

Sr. No.	Name of the Judge	Recruitment	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement	Remark
1	Lalitha Kanneganti	BAR	2 May 2020	4 May 2033	Judge of Telangana High Court

List of chief justices

No.	Judge	Term start	Term end
Supreme Court of Madras
1	Thomas Strange	1801	1816
2	John Newbolt	1816	1820
3	Edmond Stanley	1820	1825
4	Ralph Palmer	1825	1835
5	Robet Comyn	1835	1842
6	Edward Gambier	1842	1850
7	Christopher Rawlinson	1850	1859
8	Henry Davison	1859	1860
9	Colley Scotland	1860	1861
Madras High Court
9	Colley Scotland	15 August 1862	21 November 1871
10	Walter Morgan	22 November 1871	7 February 1879
11	Charles Turner	3 March 1879	1885
12	Arthur Collins	1885	1899
13	Charles White	1899	July 1914
14	John Wallis	November 1914	1921
15	Walter Schwabe	1921	1924
16	Murray Coutts-Trotter	3 June 1924	12 May 1929
17	Owen Beasley	1929	1937
18	Lionel Leach	1937	1947
19	Frederick Gentle	12 July 1947	19 April 1948
20	P. V. Rajamannar	20 April 1948	9 May 1961 [a]
Andhra High Court, Guntur
1	Koka Subba Rao	5 July 1954	31 October 1956
United Andhra Pradesh High Court
1	Koka Subba Rao	1 November 1956	30 January 1958
2	P. Chandra Reddy	16 June 1958	22 November 1964
3	P. Satyanarayana Raju	30 December 1964	19 October 1965
4	Manohar Pershad	20 October 1965	7 July 1966
5	N. D. Krishna Rao	8 July 1966	18 July 1966
6	P. Jagan Mohan Reddy	19 July 1966	31 July 1969
7	N. Kumarayya	1 August 1969	14 June 1971
8	K.V.L. Narasimham	15 June 1971	31 March 1972
9	Gopal Rao Ekbote	1 April 1972	31 May 1974
10	S. Obul Reddi	1 June 1974	6 July 1976
11	B. J. Divan	7 July 1976	27 August 1977
(10)	S. Obul Reddi	28 August 1977	8 April 1978
12	Avula Sambasiva Rao	9 April 1978	15 March 1979
13	Challa Kondaiah	16 March 1979	3 July 1980
14	Alladi Kuppu Swami	23 November 1980	22 March 1982
15	Konda Madhava Reddy	14 April 1983	7 April 1984
16	Koka Ramachandra Rao	1984	4 July 1984
17	P. Chennakesav Reddi	1985	29 September 1985
18	K. Bhaskaran	9 October 1985	18 March 1988
19	Yogeshwar Dayal	19 March 1988	21 March 1991
20	S.C. Pratap	1991	1992
21	S.B. Majumdar	12 October 1992	1 July 1993
22	Sundaram Nainar Sundaram	14 December 1993	1994
23	Saiyed Sagir Ahmed	23 September 1994	4 March 1995
24	Prabha Shankar Mishra	15 May 1995	27 October 1997
25	Umesh Chandra Banerjee	1 February 1998	9 December 1998
26	Manmohan Singh Liberhan	28 December 1998	10 November 2000
27	S. B. Sinha	11 December 2000	25 November 2001
28	Arunachalam R. Lakshmanan	26 November 2001	19 December 2002
29	Devinder Gupta	6 March 2003	3 April 2005
30	G.S. Singhvi	27 November 2005	11 November 2007
31	Anil Ramesh Dave	7 January 2008	11 February 2010
32	Nisar Ahmad Kakru	19 February 2010	25 October 2011
33	Madan Lokur	15 November 2011	4 June 2012
34	Pinaki Chandra Ghose	12 December 2012	8 March 2013
35	Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta	21 May 2013	5 May 2015 [b]
High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad
36	T.B. Radhakrishnan	7 July 2017	31 December 2018
Andhra Pradesh High Court
1	J. K. Maheshwari	7 October 2019	5 January 2021
2	Arup Kumar Goswami	6 January 2021	12 October 2021
3	Prashant Kumar Mishra	13 October 2021	18 May 2023
4	Dhiraj Singh Thakur	28 July 2023	Incumbent

1. During his term Separate High Court for Andhra was established
2. During his term High Court of Andhra Pradesh was renamed as Hyderabad High Court

Judges elevated as Chief Justice

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.

Key RES Resigned † Elevated to Supreme Court

Name	Image	Appointed as CJ in HC of	Date of appointment		Date of retirement [a]	Tenure		Transferred as CJ to HC of
			As Judge	As Chief Justice		As Chief Justice	As Judge [b]
Ramesh Ranganathan		Uttarakhand	26 May 2005	2 November 2018	27 July 2020	1 year, 269 days	14 years, 338 days	--
Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti		Kerala	12 April 2013	1 June 2023	14 July 2023 [†]	44 days	10 years, 92 days	--

From erstwhile Undivided Andhra Pradesh High Court

Name	Image	Appointed as CJ in HC of	Date of appointment		Date of retirement [a]	Tenure		Transferred as CJ to HC of	Ref..
			As Judge	As Chief Justice		As Chief Justice	As Judge [b]
Mohammed Ahmed Ansari		Kerala	29 November 1946	29 March 1960	25 November 1961	1 year, 242 days	14 years, 362 days	--	[6]
Penmetsa Satyanarayana Raju		Andhra Pradesh	1 November 1954	30 December 1964	19 October 1965 [†]	294 days	10 years, 353 days	--	[7]
Manohar Pershad		Andhra Pradesh	20 November 1946	20 October 1965	7 July 1966	261 days	19 years, 230 days	--
N. D. Krishna Rao		Andhra Pradesh	21 February 1955	8 July 1966	18 July 1966	11 days	11 years, 148 days	--
Pingle Jaganmohan Reddy		Andhra Pradesh	16 February 1952	19 July 1966	31 July 1969 [†]	3 years, 13 days	17 years, 166 days	--	[8]
Canakapalli Sanjeevrow Nayudu		Gauhati	13 March 1958	7 February 1967	7 March 1968	1 year, 30 days	9 years, 361 days	--	[7]
N. Kumarayya		Andhra Pradesh	18 August 1955	1 August 1969	14 June 1971	1 year, 318 days	15 years, 301 days	--
K. V. L. Narasimham		Andhra Pradesh	9 December 1959	15 June 1971	31 March 1972	291 days	12 years, 114 days	--
Gopal Rao Ekbote		Andhra Pradesh	7 June 1962	1 April 1972	31 May 1974	2 years, 61 days	11 years, 359 days	--
Seshareddi Obul Reddy		Andhra Pradesh	8 July 1966	1 June 1974	8 April 1978	3 years, 312 days	11 years, 275 days	Gujarat then back to Andhra Pradesh
Avula Sambasiva Rao		Andhra Pradesh	22 April 1967	9 April 1978	15 March 1979	341 days	11 years, 328 days	--
Challa Kondaiah		Andhra Pradesh	21 August 1967	16 March 1979	3 July 1980	1 year, 110 days	12 years, 318 days	--
Alladi Kuppu Swami		Andhra Pradesh	21 August 1967	23 November 1980	22 March 1982	1 year, 120 days	14 years, 214 days	--
Konda Madhava Reddy		Andhra Pradesh	28 May 1968	14 April 1983	21 October 1985	2 years, 191 days	17 years, 147 days	Bombay	[9]
Koka Ramachandra Rao		Andhra Pradesh	21 August 1968	1984	4 July 1984		15 years, 319 days	--	[7]
Palem Chennakesava Reddy		Andhra Pradesh	10 May 1972	1985	2 November 1986		14 years, 177 days	Gauhati
Anisetti Raghuvir		Gauhati	17 October 1974	6 May 1988	21 March 1991	2 years, 320 days	16 years, 156 days	--
Benjaram Pranaya Jeevan Reddy		Allahabad	17 July 1975	16 April 1990	6 October 1991 [†]	1 year, 174 days	16 years, 82 days	--
Mamidanna Jagannadha Rao		Kerala	29 November 1982	8 August 1991	20 March 1997 [†]	5 years, 225 days	14 years, 112 days	Delhi
Ambati Lakshman Rao		Allahabad	10 December 1982	10 April 1995	14 January 1996	280 days	13 years, 36 days	--
Makani Narayana Rao		Himachal Pradesh	11 July 1986	6 November 1997	21 April 1998	167 days	11 years, 285 days	--
Y. Bhaskar Rao		Karnataka	11 July 1986	9 March 1999	26 June 2000	1 year, 110 days	13 years, 352 days	--
P. Venkatarama Reddi		Karnataka	16 March 1990	21 October 2000	16 August 2001 [†]	300 days	11 years, 154 days	--
B. Subhashan Reddy		Madras	25 November 1991	12 September 2001	2 March 2005	3 years, 172 days	13 years, 98 days	Kerala
Buchireddy Sudarshan Reddy		Gauhati	2 May 1995	5 December 2005	11 January 2007 [†]	1 year, 38 days	11 years, 255 days	--
Jasti Chelameswar		Gauhati	23 June 1997	3 May 2007	9 October 2011 [†]	4 years, 160 days	14 years, 109 days	Kerala
Toom Meena Kumari		Meghalaya	23 February 1998	23 March 2013	3 August 2013	134 days	15 years, 162 days	--
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana		Delhi	27 June 2000	2 September 2013	16 February 2014 [†]	168 days	13 years, 235 days	--
Gorla Rohini		Delhi	25 June 2001	21 April 2014	13 April 2017	2 years, 358 days	15 years, 293 days	--
Lingappa Narasimha Reddy		Patna	10 September 2001	2 January 2015	31 July 2015	211 days	13 years, 325 days	--
Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy		Gujarat	2 December 2002	13 February 2016	1 November 2018 [†]	2 years, 262 days	15 years, 335 days	--	[10]

1. this inlcudes date of resignation, death and Elevation to supreme court
2. also includes tenure as Chief Justice

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.

Key RES Resigned † Died in office Bold Served as CJI

#	Name of the Judge	Image	Date of Appointment		Date of Retirement	Tenure			Immediately preceding office
			In Parent High Court	In Supreme Court		In High Court(s)	In Supreme Court	Total tenure [a]
1	Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti		12 April 2013	14 July 2023	Incumbent	10 years, 92 days	2 years, 162 days	12 years, 254 days	37th CJ of Kerala HC

From erstwhile Undivided Andhra Pradesh High Court

#	Name of the Judge	Image	Date of Appointment		Date of Retirement	Tenure			Immediately preceding office
			In Parent High Court	In Supreme Court		In High Court(s)	In Supreme Court	Total tenure [a]
1	Penmetsa Satyanarayana Raju		1 January 1954	20 October 1965	20 April 1966 [†]	11 years, 292 days	183 days	12 years, 110 days	CJ in same High Court
2	Pingle Jaganmohan Reddy		16 February 1952	1 August 1969	22 January 1975	17 years, 166 days	5 years, 175 days	22 years, 341 days	CJ in same High Court
3	Ontethupalli Chinnappa Reddy		21 August 1967	17 July 1978	24 September 1987	10 years, 330 days	9 years, 70 days	20 years, 35 days	Judge of Andhra Pradesh HC
4	Katikithala Ramaswamy		29 September 1982	6 October 1989	12 July 1997	7 years, 7 days	7 years, 280 days	14 years, 287 days	Judge of Andhra Pradesh HC
5	K. Jayachandra Reddy		7 March 1975	11 January 1990	14 July 1994	14 years, 310 days	4 years, 185 days	19 years, 130 days	Judge of Andhra Pradesh HC
6	Benjaram Pranaya Jeevan Reddy		17 July 1975	7 October 1991	13 March 1997	16 years, 82 days	5 years, 158 days	21 years, 240 days	31st CJ of Allahabad HC
7	Mamidanna Jagannadha Rao		29 November 1982	21 March 1997	1 December 2000	14 years, 112 days	3 years, 256 days	18 years, 3 days	17th CJ of Delhi HC
8	Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri		11 July 1986	4 December 1997	5 April 2003	11 years, 146 days	5 years, 123 days	16 years, 269 days	Acting CJ of Andhra Pradesh HC
9	P. Venkatarama Reddi		16 March 1990	17 August 2001	9 August 2005	11 years, 154 days	3 years, 358 days	15 years, 147 days	20th CJ of Karnataka HC
10	Buchireddy Sudershan Reddy		2 May 1995	12 January 2007	7 July 2011	11 years, 255 days	4 years, 177 days	16 years, 67 days	30th CJ of Gauhati HC
11	Jasti Chelameswar		23 June 1997	10 October 2011	22 June 2018	14 years, 109 days	6 years, 256 days	21 years, 0 days	29th CJ of Kerala HC
12	Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana		27 June 2000	17 February 2014	26 August 2022	13 years, 235 days	8 years, 191 days	22 years, 61 days	28th CJ of Delhi HC
13	Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy		2 December 2002	2 November 2018	4 January 2022	15 years, 335 days	3 years, 64 days	19 years, 34 days	24th CJ of Gujarat HC

1. Includes both tenure as High Court Judge as well as Supreme Court Judge

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