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High Court of Andhra Pradesh ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్ర ఉన్నత న్యాయస్థానం
High Court of Andhra Pradesh building
16°31′10″N 80°29′08″E / 16.5195°N 80.4856°E / 16.5195; 80.4856
Established	1 January 2019; 5 years ago (2019-01-01)
Jurisdiction	Andhra Pradesh
Location	Nelapadu, Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates	16°31′10″N 80°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.

History

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The High Court of Andhra Pradesh was established in the year 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 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 is created. Later by a Presidential order, the High Court for the state of Andhra Pradesh was established 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 220,000 square feet (20,000 m). 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.

Permanent judges

Additional judges

Former Chief Justices

Current judges

The Central government has notified the constitution of a new High Court for the state of Andhra Pradesh effective from 1 January 2019, with the principal seat at Amaravati.

The court has a Sanctioned strength of 37 (permanent:28, additional:9) judges.

Judges elevated to the Supreme Court of India-

Judges transferred from the Andhra Pradesh High Court-

References

1. ^ "CJI Ranjan Gogoi to open Judicial Complex, lay stone for permanent HC in Amaravati today". The New Indian Express. 3 February 2019. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
2. "Andhra Pradesh government withdraws Three Capital Bill amidst opposition from Amaravati farmers". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
3. Staff Reporter (2 February 2019). "CJI to inaugurate judicial complex today". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
4. "CJ & Sitting Judges". Andhra Pradesh High Court.
5. "High Court Business", Sitting in Judgment : The Working Lives of Judges, Hart Publishing, 2011, doi:10.5040/9781472561008.ch-013, ISBN 978-1-84946-239-6

• High courts of India
• Andhra Pradesh High Court
• Government of Andhra Pradesh
• 2019 establishments in Andhra Pradesh
• Courts and tribunals established in 2019