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| name = Kothapalli Punnaiah<br />
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| birth_date = 1924<br />
| birth_place = [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| residence = [[Cheepurupalli]]<br />
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| death_place = [[Visakhapatnam]]<br />
| constituency = [[Cheepurupalli Assembly constituency|Cheepurupalli]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term = 1955 - 1961<br />
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Honourable Sri Justice '''Kothapalli Punnaiah''' (1924 – 1 December 2018) was an Indian politician and latterly high Court judge.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
He served as the Judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh from 1974 - 1985.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Judges of High Court|url=http://hc.ap.nic.in/aphc/kpj.html|access-date=14 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192503/http://hc.ap.nic.in/aphc/kpj.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was one of the 11 member Constitution Review Committee proposed by NDA government in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Justice K Punnaiah on the Constitution Review|url=http://www.rediff.com/republic/2000/feb/23review.htm}}</ref> He also served as the chairman of state SC/ST Commission.<br />
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==Background==<br />
He was born in 1924. After a brief stint as a [[lawyer]] in Srikakulam district court during 1952–53, Punnaiah took to politics and was first elected to the [[state assembly]] in 1955 from the [[Cheepurupalli (Assembly constituency)|Cheepurupally]] constituency in [[Srikakulam]] district. He has also served as vice-president of the Srikakulam Zilla Parishad in 1958 and was elected to the assembly unopposed in 1962. After having a political career he took to Judicial career and elevated to the level of [[Judge]] of [[High Court]].<br />
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His politician daughter, [[K. Pratibha Bharati]], was the speaker of the Andhra Pradesh assembly, the first woman in the state to occupy the coveted post.<br />
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==Death==<br />
He died at the age of 95 years in 2018 at Visakhapatnam.<ref>{{cite web |title=Retd AP HC judge Kothapalli Puniah dies |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/retd-ap-hc-judge-kothapalli-puniah-dies-leaders-offer-118120100381_1.html |website=Business Standard |accessdate=5 December 2018}}</ref><br />
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