Telangana High Court

Telangana High Court
17.369181°N 78.472039°E / 17.369181; 78.472039
Established	1919 (1919) 1 January 2019 (as Telangana High Court)
Location	Hyderabad, Telangana
Coordinates	17.369181°N 78.472039°E / 17.369181; 78.472039
Composition method	Executive selection subject to qualification
Authorised by	Constitution of India & Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014
Appeals to	Supreme Court of India
Judge term length	mandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions	24 {Permanent 18; Addl. 6}
Website	tshc.gov.in
Chief Justice
Currently	Hon'ble Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan
Since	22 June 2019

The High Court of Telangana is the High Court of the Indian state Telangana. Founded by the 7th Nizam H.E.H 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 bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state.

The President of India, on 26 December 2018, issued orders bifurcating The High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh into High Court of Andhra Pradesh with the principal seat at Amaravati and High Court for the State of Telangana with the principal seat at Hyderabad. The bifurcation and the constitution of separate High Courts for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh came into effect from 1 January 2019.

From 2 June 2014, after the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 came into force, it was renamed and served as a common high court for both of the states until 1 January 2019. A separate high court was established for Andhra Pradesh and inaugurated on 1 January 2019 and it was named as Andhra Pradesh High Court.

The seat of the high court is in Hyderabad and has been sanctioned for 24 judges.

History of the judiciary

The State of Andhra Pradesh was formed in 1956 by the separation of the merger of the Andhra State which was formed in the year 1953 from erstwhile Madras state and the Telangana area of Hyderabad Deccan which was acceded by Government of India on 17 September 1948 after the Nizam's rule. On 1 January 2019, Telangana High Court was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh High Court and Telangana High Court after the formation of state of Telangana.

History of High Court building

High Court building

The High Court stands on the south bank of the River Musi. This is one of the finest buildings in the city, built in red and white stones in Saracenic style, by Nizam VII Mir Osman Ali Khan the ruler of the princely state of Hyderabad.

The plan of the High Court was drawn up by Shankar Lal of Jaipur and the local engineer who executed the design was Mehar Ali Fazil. Its chief engineer was Nawab Khan Bahadur Mirza Akbar Baig. The construction started on 15 April 1915 and was completed on 31 March 1919. On 20 April 1920 the High Court building was inaugurated by the seventh Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan.

While digging the foundation for the High Court, ruins of the Qutb Shahi Palaces, namely Hina Mahal and Nadi Mahal were unearthed. The High Court looks beautiful and impressive from the Naya Pul Bridge at sunset.

After its construction, a silver model of the High Court with a silver key was presented to the Nizam VII Mir Osman Ali Khan by the Judiciary during the Silver Jubilee Celebrations in 1936. The facsimile of the buildings was perfectly carved in a thick sheet of silver weighing about 300 kg. The model is now in the Nizam's Museum in Purani Haveli.

The main building of the High Court was constructed in the year 1919 by the then Nizam's Government accommodating six judges besides accommodation for the office staff, record rooms and Advocates' Hall.

After the formation of Andhra Pradesh

When the High Court of Andhra Pradesh was formed in 1956 as a consequence of States Reorganisation Act, the number of judges was increased to 12. The existing accommodation was inadequate to meet the requirements of the larger High Court and so the additional building was constructed in 1958-59. The entire office rooms, record rooms, chambers of advocates (42 in all) and the rooms for law officers were located in this building. The record rooms, Officer rooms in the main building were modified to provide chambers and Court Hall accommodation for 14 Judges.

Construction of Annexe

The main gate of High Court, Hyderabad

By 1970, the institution of cases of the High Court has gone up to 35,000 as against 20,000 in 1958. The number of judges increased from 14 to 21. To provide additional accommodation for Judges, Staff and Advocates and Law Officers, the third building was proposed and the work was completed in 1976. The Law Officers strength was increased from 8 to 18 by 1980 and the institution of cases had gone up to 55,593 cases. In 1979 a plan was drawn for the four-storey Annexe building and due to lack of funds that could not be taken up. There are currently 20 Court Halls and 24 Chambers located in the High Court main building and Annexe buildings. The present building for which the foundation stone is being laid by the Honourable Chief Justice will have eight Court Halls and eight Chamber for the Judges. Some of the Court Halls located in the Verandahs and in the office rooms will be restored to their original position. The institution of cases had risen from 20,078 from 1958 to 1982, 123 including miscellaneous cases in 1985. Now the pendency of cases in High Court as on 24 July 1987 are 84,855 (i.e., 66,276 main cases + 18,579 miscellaneous cases). The Government of India is contemplating to raise the strength of the Judges of this High Court to 36 and in such case, more funds have to be released for the construction of Annexe buildings. After the completion of this building, the main building and Annexes buildings can locate 24 Court Halls and 26 Chambers.

2009 Major fire

On 31 August 2009 a major accidental fire broke out through the building reportedly causing severe damage to the library housing rare England law reports, Privy Council journals and a life-size portrait of the Nizam and portraits of judges. However, the records of the court are reportedly safe. The structural integrity of the building also may have been compromised.

Chief Justices

#	Chief Justice	Tenure
Hyderabad State High Court
	Muhammad Muslehuddin
	Nizamat Jung
Andhra Pradesh High Court
1	Koka Subba Rao	1956–1958
2	P. Chandra Reddy	1958–1964
3	P. Satyanarayana Raju	1964–1965
4	Manohar Pershad	1965–1966
5	N.D. Krishna Rao	1966–1966
6	P. Jagan Mohan Reddy	1966–1969
7	N. Kumarayya	1969–1971
8	K.V.L. Narasimham	1971–1972
9	Gopal Rao Ekbote	1972–1974
10	S. Obul Reddi	1974–1976 & 1977–1978
11	B. J. Divan	1976–1977
12	Avula Sambasiva Rao	1978–1979
13	Challa Kondaiah	1979–1980
14	Alladi Kuppu Swami	1980–1982
15	Konda Madhava Reddy	1982–1984
16	Koka Ramachandra Rao	1984–1984
17	P. Chennakesav Reddi	1985–1985
18	K. Bhaskaran	1985–1988
19	Yogeshwar Dayal	1988–1991
20	S.C. Pratap	1991–1992
21	S.B. Majumdar	1992–1993
22	Sundaram Nainar Sundaram	1993–1994
23	Saiyed Sagir Ahmed	1994–1995
24	Prabha Shankar Mishra	1995–1997
25	Umesh Chandra Banerjee	1998
26	Manmohan Singh Liberhan	1998–2000
27	Satyabrata Sinha	2000–2001
28	Dr A.R. Lakshmanan	2001–2002
29	Devinder Gupta	2003–2005
30	G.S. Singhvi	2005–2007
31	Anil Ramesh Dave	2007–2010
32	Nisar Ahmad Kakru	2010–2011
33	Madan Lokur	2011–2012
34	Pinaki Chandra Ghose	2012–2013
35	Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta	2013–1 June 2014
High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad
1	Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta	2 June 2014 – 2015
2	Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale	2015
3	T.B. Radhakrishnan	July 7, 2018- December 31, 2018
Telangana High Court
1	T.B. Radhakrishnan	January 1, 2019 – April 2, 2019
-	Raghvendra Singh Chauhan (acting)	April 3 2019 – June 21 2019
2	Raghvendra Singh Chauhan	June 22 2019 - Incumbent

Current Judges of the Court

Current Chief Justice and Justices of the High Court [1]

• Honourable Mr. Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, Chief Justice
• Honourable Mr. Justice P.V sanjaykumar
• Honourable Mr Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao

• Honourable Mr Justice Adavalli Rajasheker Reddy
• Honourable Mr Justice Ponugoti Naveen Rao
• Honourable Mr Justice Challa Kodanda Ram
• Honourable Dr Justice Shameem Akhter
• Honourable Mr Justice Potlapalli Kesava Rao
• Honourable Mr Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili
• Honourable Mr Justice T. Amarnath Goud

• Honourable Ms Justice Gandikota Sri Devi
• Honourable Mr Justice Kunuru Lakshman Goud
• Honourable Mr Justice Tadakamalla Vinod Kumar
• Honourable Mr Justice Annireddy Abhishek Reddy
• Honourable Mr Justice Bollampally Vijayasen Reddy

Registrars of High Court

1. Registrar General
2. Registrar (Judicial I&II)
3. Registrar (Administration)
4. Registrar (I.T.-cum-Central Project Coordinator) (IT & E-Committee related)
5. Registrar (Vigilance)
6. Registrar (Management)
7. Registrar (Protocol)
8. District Judge (Enquiries)
9. Registrar (Recruitment)

See also

• High Courts of India
• Establishments of the Nizams

External links

• Official website