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{{short description|High court in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox high court
| court_name = High Court of Andhra Pradesh <hr />{{small|Āndhra rāṣṭra unnata n'yāyasthānaṁ<br>ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్ర ఉన్నత న్యాయస్థానం}}
| image = High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati (May 2019) 2.jpg
| caption = High Court of Andhra Pradesh building
| established = {{start date and age|df=yes|2019|01|01}}
| jurisdiction = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| location = [[Nelapadu, Amaravati|Amaravati]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| coordinates = {{coord|16.5195|N|80.4856|E|display=inline,title}}
| type = [[President of India|Presidential]] with [[advice and consent|confirmation]] of [[Chief Justice of India]] and [[Governor of Andhra Pradesh]]
| authority = [[Constitution of India]]
| terms = till the age of 62 years
| positions = 37
| website = {{URL|http://hc.ap.nic.in}}
| chiefjudgetitle = [[Chief Justice]]
| chiefjudgename = [[Dhiraj Singh Thakur]]
| termstart =28 July 2023
| termend =
}}

The '''High Court of Andhra Pradesh''' is the [[High Courts of India|High Court]] of the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. The seat of the High Court is currently located at [[Nelapadu, Amaravati|Nelapadu]], [[Amaravati]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2019/feb/03/cm-cji-to-open-judicial-complex-lay-stone-for-permanent-hc-today-1933648.html|title=CJI Ranjan Gogoi to open Judicial Complex, lay stone for permanent HC in Amaravati today|date=3 February 2019|newspaper=The New Indian Express|access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Andhra Pradesh government withdraws Three Capital Bill amidst opposition from Amaravati farmers |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2021/nov/22/andhra-pradesh-government-withdraws-three-capital-bill-amidstopposition-from-amaravati-farmers-2386653.html |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

== History ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2021}}

[[File:High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati (May 2019) 1.jpg|thumb|Front view of the High Court Building]]
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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/cji-to-inaugurate-judicial-complex-today/article26164027.ece|title=CJI to inaugurate judicial complex today|author=Staff Reporter|date=2019-02-02|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-02-03|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> It is a G+2 structure which has 23 halls that spread over an area of 2.2 lakh sqft. It was built in 4 acres with a cost of 157.3 crore. This building was constructed by [[Larsen & Toubro]] Limited.<ref name="auto" />

==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 28 judges.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CJ & Sitting Judges|url=http://hc.ap.nic.in/profile.html|website=Andhra Pradesh High Court}}</ref>

=== Permanent judges ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!Judge
!Date of joining
!Date of retirement
|-
!1
|[[Dhiraj Singh Thakur]] '''(CJ)'''
|{{dts|2023|7|25|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2026|4|24|format=dmy}}
|-
!2
|Akula Venkata Sesha Sai
|{{dts|2013|4|12|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2024|6|2|format=dmy}}
|-
!3
|Upmaka Durga Prasad Rao
|{{dts|2013|10|23|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2024|8|11|format=dmy}}
|-
!4
|DVS Suryanarayana Somayajulu
|{{dts|2017|9|21|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2023|9|25|format=dmy}}
|-
!5
|Cheekati Manavendranath Roy
|{{dts|2019|6|20|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2026|5|20|format=dmy}}
|-
!6
|Ravi Nath Tilhari
|{{dts|2019|12|12|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2031|2|8|format=dmy}}
|-
!7
|Rao Raghunandan Rao
|{{dts|2020|1|13|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2026|6|29|format=dmy}}
|-
!8
|Nainala Jayasurya
|{{dts|2020|1|13|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2030|8|26|format=dmy}}
|-
!9
|Boppudi Krishna Mohan
|{{dts|2020|5|2|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2027|2|4|format=dmy}}
|-
!10
|Kanchireddy Suresh Reddy
|{{dts|2020|5|2|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2026|12|6|format=dmy}}
|-
!11
|Kumbhajadala Manmadha Rao
|{{dts|2021|12|8|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2028|6|12|format=dmy}}
|-
!12
|Boddupalli Sri Bhanumathi
|{{dts|2021|12|8|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2030|1|30|format=dmy}}
|-
!13
|Konakanti Sreenivasa Reddy
|{{dts|2022|2|14|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2028|6|2|format=dmy}}
|-
!14
|Gannamaneni Ramakrishna Prasad
|{{dts|2022|2|14|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2026|5|27|format=dmy}}
|-
!15
|Venkateswarlu Nimmagadda
|{{dts|2022|2|14|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2029|6|30|format=dmy}}
|-
!16
|Tarlada Rajasekhar Rao
|{{dts|2022|2|14|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2029|8|2|format=dmy}}
|-
!17
|Satti Subba Reddy
|{{dts|2022|2|14|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2032|2|4|format=dmy}}
|-
!18
|Ravi Cheemalapati
|{{dts|2022|2|14|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2029|12|3|format=dmy}}
|-
!19
|Vaddiboyana Sujatha
|{{dts|2022|2|14|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2028|9|9|format=dmy}}
|-
!20
|Adusumalli Venkata Ravindra Babu
|{{dts|2022|8|4|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2024|7|19|format=dmy}}
|-
!21
|Vakkalagadda Radha Krishna Krupa Sagar
|{{dts|2022|8|4|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2025|6|18|format=dmy}}
|-
!22
|Syamsunder Bandaru
|{{dts|2022|8|4|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2024|8|30|format=dmy}}
|-
!23
|Srinivas Vutukuru
|{{dts|2022|8|4|format=dmy}}
|{{dts|2026|4|17|format=dmy}}
|-
!
|''Vacant''
|
|
|}

=== Additional judges ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!Judge
!Date of joining
|-
!1
|Boppana Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Chakravarthi
|{{dts|2022|8|4|format=dmy}}
|-
!2
|Tallapragada Mallikarjuna Rao
|{{dts|2022|8|4|format=dmy}}
|-
!3
|Duppala Venkata Ramana
|{{dts|2022|8|4|format=dmy}}
|-
!4
|Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa
|{{dts|2023|1|27|format=dmy}}
|-
!5
|Venuthurmalli Gopala Krishna Rao
|{{dts|223|1|27|format=dmy}}
|-
!
|''Vacant''
|
|}

==Former Chief Justices ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!'''S.No'''
!Chief Justice
! colspan="2" |Tenure
!Governor
|-
!1
|[[J. K. Maheshwari]]
|7 October 2019
|5 January 2021
| rowspan="3" |[[Biswabhusan Harichandan]]
|-
!2
|[[Arup Kumar Goswami]]
|6 January 2021
|12 October 2021
|-
!3
|[[Prashant Kumar Mishra]]
|13 October 2021
|18 May 2023
|-
|}

== Current judges ==
{{See also|List of sitting judges of High Courts of India}}

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]].<ref>{{Citation|chapter=High Court Business|publisher=Hart Publishing|isbn=978-1-84946-239-6|doi=10.5040/9781472561008.ch-013|title=Sitting in Judgment : The Working Lives of Judges|year=2011}}</ref>

The court has a Sanctioned strength of 37 (permanent:28, additional:9) judges.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

'''Judges elevated to the Supreme Court of India-'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Sr. No
!Name of the Judge
!Date of Elevation
!Date of Retirement
!Parent High Court
|-
!1
|[[Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti]]
|14 July 2023
|5 May 2027
|Andhra Pradesh
|}
'''Judges transferred from the Andhra Pradesh High Court-'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Sr. No.
!Name of the Judge
!Recruitment
!Date of Appointment
!Date of Retirement
!Remark
|-
!1
|Battu Devanand
|BAR
|13 January 2020
|13 April 2028
|Judge of [[Madras High Court]]
|-
!2
|Donadi Ramesh
|BAR
|13 January 2020
|26 June 2027
|Judge of [[Allahabad High Court]]
|-
!3
|[[Lalitha Kanneganti]]
|BAR
|2 May 2020
|4 May 2033
|Judge of [[Telangana High Court]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{High courts of India}}

[[Category:Andhra Pradesh High Court| ]]
[[Category:Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:2019 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Courts and tribunals established in 2019]]

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Ajay Kumar at 17:19, 24 August 2023