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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. [5] The court has a Sanctioned strength of 37 (permanent:28, additional:9) judges. [citation needed] Judges elevated to the Supreme Court of India-
There are 25 High courts in India. The number of total judges sanctioned in these high courts are 1122 of which 846 judges are permanent and remaining 276 sanctioned for additional judges. As of 1 January 2025, 371 of the seats, about 33% are vacant. Allahabad High Court, has the largest number (160) of judges while Sikkim High Court has the smallest number (3) of judges. The lists of high ...
The Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has inaugurated the High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati. [91] [92] 18 March 2019; The Andhra Pradesh High Court have commenced operations from Amaravati. [93] 30 May 2019; Chandrababu Naidu have lost the elections and Jaganmohan Reddy's YSR Congress formed new government. [94] [95] 23 July 2019
The Calcutta High Court is the oldest high court in the country, brought into existence on 14 May 1862. [2] High courts that handle numerous cases of a particular region have permanent benches established there. Benches are also present in states which come under the jurisdiction of a court outside its territorial limits.
The high court judges are recommended for appointment by the High Court collegium consisting of the Chief Justice of the High Court, and two remaining senior-most judges of the high court. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] The names have to be approved by the state government, the governor, the Chief Justice of India, and the union government before being ...
The proposal resulted in widespread protests by the farmers of Amaravati. [58] The Andhra Pradesh High Court in a March 2022 ruling directed the Government of Andhra Pradesh to continue developing Amaravati and adjudicated that the government "lacked the competence to make any legislation for shifting, bifurcating or trifurcating the capital". [59]
Amaravati (English: / ə m ə ˈ r ɑː v ə θ ɪ / ə-muh-rah-vuh-thi, Telugu: Amarāvati) is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. [a] It is situated in Guntur district along the right bank of the Krishna River and southwest of Vijayawada.
The events leading to this decision resulted in widespread and continuing protests by the farmers of Amaravati. [10] The act has been challenged in the Andhra Pradesh High Court, which ordered to maintain status quo until the court completes its hearing.