The high courts of India are the highest courts of appellate jurisdiction in each state and union territory of India. However,a high court exercises its original civil and criminal jurisdiction only if the subordinate courts are not authorized by law to try such matters for lack of peculiar or territorial jurisdiction. High courts may also enjoy original jurisdiction in certain matters,if so designated,especially by the constitution,a state law or union law.
The Telangana High Court is the High Court for the Indian state of Telangana. Founded by the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan,initially,it was set up as High Court of Hyderabad for the then princely state of Hyderabad Deccan and later renamed High Court of Andhra Pradesh,as it was set up on 5 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act,1956. The Andhra Pradesh High Court was renamed as High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad in view of the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state.
K. Jayachandra Reddy was a judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Madan Bhimarao Lokur is an Indian jurist. He is a judge of the Supreme Court of Fiji. He is former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is also a former chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and Gauhati High Court and judge of the Delhi High Court.
Arjan Kumar Sikri is an eminent jurist and a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on 12 April 2013. Earlier,he had served as the chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He retired as senior most puisne judge of Supreme Court of India on 6 March 2019.
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act of 2014,commonly known as the Telangana Act,is an Act of Indian Parliament that split the state of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and the residuary Andhra Pradesh state,as an outcome of the Telangana movement. The Act defined the boundaries of the two states,determined how the assets and liabilities were to be divided,and laid out the status of Hyderabad as the permanent capital of new Telangana state and temporary capital of the Andhra Pradesh state.
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana is a former Indian judge and journalist who served as the 48th Chief Justice of India.
Adarsh Kumar Goel is an Indian judge. He is Chairperson of National Green Tribunal. He is former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is also former chief justice of the Orissa High Court and Gauhati High Court,and a former judge of the Gauhati High Court and Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Naraparaju Ramchander Rao is an Indian politician and advocate from Telangana. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party National Executive member,President for BJP's Hyderabad unit and a member of Bar Council of India. He served as the Member of Telangana Legislative Council (MLC) for Hyderabad,Ranga Reddy and Mahabubnagar Graduates' Constituency from 2015 to 2021. He is also on the General Council of NALSAR University of Law.
Chagari Praveen Kumar is an Indian Judge. Presently,he is Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court. He has served as the Acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.
B. Subhashan Reddy was an Indian Judge who served as Chief Justice of High Courts of India and Chairperson of the first Human Rights Commission of Andhra Pradesh.
Ajay Kumar Mittal is an Indian Judge. He is former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court and Meghalaya High Court and also former Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Ravi Shanker Jha is an Indian judge,who served as the chief justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court from October 2019 to October 2023. He is former acting chief justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is former chief justice of the Sikkim High Court. Before that,he served as chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He was born in Joura,Madhya Pradesh. He was a practicing lawyer in Gwalior before he got elevated to the bench.
Andhra Pradesh,retrospectively referred to as United Andhra Pradesh,Undivided Andhra Pradesh,Combined Andhra Pradesh and Ummadi Andhra Pradesh,was a state in India formed by States Reorganisation Act,1956 with Hyderabad as its capital and was reorganised by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act,2014. The state was made up of three distinct cultural regions of Telangana,Rayalaseema,and Coastal Andhra. Before the 1956 reorganisation,Telangana had been part of Hyderabad State,whereas Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra had been part of Andhra State,formerly a part of Madras Presidency ruled by British India.
Kanneganti Lalithakumari is an Indian judge. She is currently serving as a judge of the Karnataka High Court. She is former Judge of Telangana High Court and Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is former Additional Solicitor General of India. He is well known for his work on the Ayodhya Title Dispute and the BCCI cases.
Mamidanna Satyaratna Ramachandra Rao is an Indian Judge. Presently,he is Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. He is a former Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Telangana High Court. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Telangana High Court.
