Telangana High Court

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{{short description|High Court for the Indian State Telangana}}
{{infobox high court
| court_name = Telangana High Court
| image = High Court of Telangana in Hyderabad.jpg
| caption = Telangana High Court Building
| imagesize = 250px
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|1 January 2019}}
| jurisdiction = [[Telangana]]
| location = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]]
| coordinates = {{coord|17.369181|78.472039|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| type = Executive selection subject to qualification
| authority = [[Constitution of India]] & [[Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014]]
| terms = mandatory retirement by age of 62
| positions = 24 {Permanent 18; Addl. 6}
| website = {{URL|http://tshc.gov.in/}}
| chiefjudgetitle = [[Chief Justice]]
| chiefjudgename = [[Satish Chandra Sharma]]
| termstart = 11 October 2021
}}

The '''Telangana High Court''' is the [[High Courts of India|High Court]] for the [[Indian state]] of [[Telangana]]. Founded by the 7th [[Nizam]] [[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 the 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, India|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 the state of Telangana.

== History of High Court building ==

The High Court stands on the south bank of the [[Musi River (India)|River Musi]]. This is one of the finest buildings in the city, built in red and white stones in [[Mudéjar|Saracenic style]], by [[Osman Ali Khan, Asif Jah VII|Nizam VII Mir Osman Ali Khan]] the ruler of the princely state of [[Hyderabad State|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.<ref>https://tshc.gov.in/about_us.html</ref>

=== 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 ===
[[File:Andhra Pradesh high court.jpg|thumb|right|150px|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.<ref>http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/hc-flames-121</ref><ref>http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/andhra_fire_in_high_court_library_gutted.php</ref>

== Chief Justices ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!S.No.
!Chief Justice
!Tenure
|-
! colspan="4" |[[Hyderabad State]] High Court
|-
!1
|Muhammad Muslehuddin<ref>{{Citation|last=Rao|first=C. Hayavadana|title=Hakim-ud-Daula|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary_(1915)/Hakim-ud-Daula|work=The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)|access-date=2019-09-28}}</ref>
|
|-
!2
|[[Nizamat Jung]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sir Nizamat Jung; a short study|last=Iyer|first=N. V|date=1947|publisher=Nizam Silver Jubilee Press|location=Place of publication not identified|language=English|oclc=28357691}}</ref>
|
|-
! colspan="4" |Andhra Pradesh High Court
|-
!3
|[[Koka Subba Rao]]
|1956–1958
|-
!4
|[[P. Chandra Reddy]]
|1958–1964
|-
!5
|[[P. Satyanarayana Raju]]
|1964–1965
|-
!6
|[[Manohar Pershad]]
|1965–1966
|-
!7
|N.D. Krishna Rao
|1966–1966
|-
!8
|[[P. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]
|1966–1969
|-
!9
|[[N. Kumarayya]]
|1969–1971
|-
!10
|K.V.L. Narasimham
|1971–1972
|-
!11
|[[Gopal Rao Ekbote]]
|1972–1974
|-
!12
|[[S. Obul Reddi]]
|1974–1976 & 1977–1978
|-
!13
|[[B. J. Divan]]
|1976–1977
|-
!14
|[[Avula Sambasiva Rao]]
|1978–1979
|-
!15
|[[Challa Kondaiah]]
|1979–1980
|-
!16
|[[Alladi Kuppu Swami]]
|1980–1982
|-
!17
|[[Konda Madhava Reddy]]
|1982–1984
|-
!18
|Koka Ramachandra Rao
|1984–1984
|-
!19
|P. Chennakesav Reddi
|1985–1985
|-
!20
|K. Bhaskaran
|1985–1988
|-
!21
|[[Yogeshwar Dayal]]
|1988–1991
|-
!22
|S.C. Pratap
|1991–1992
|-
!23
|S.B. Majumdar
|1992–1993
|-
!24
|[[Sundaram Nainar Sundaram]]
|1993–1994
|-
!25
|[[Saiyed Sagir Ahmed]]
|1994–1995
|-
!26
|[[Prabha Shankar Mishra]]
|1995–1997
|-
!27
|[[Umesh Chandra Banerjee]]
|1998
|-
!28
|[[Manmohan Singh Liberhan]]
|1998–2000
|-
!29
|[[S. B. Sinha]]
|2000–2001
|-
!30
|Dr A.R. Lakshmanan
|2001–2002
|-
!31
|[[Devinder Gupta]]
|2003–2005
|-
!32
|[[G.S. Singhvi]]
|2005–2007
|-
!33
|[[Anil R. Dave|Anil Ramesh Dave]]
|2007–2010
|-
!34
|[[Nisar Ahmad Kakru]]
|2010–2011
|-
!35
|[[Madan Lokur]]
|2011–2012
|-
!36
|[[Pinaki Chandra Ghose]]
|2012–2013
|-
!37
|[[Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta]]
|2013–1 June 2014
|-
! colspan="4" |High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad
|-
!38
|[[Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta]]
|2 June 2014 – 2015
|-
!39
|[[Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale]]
|2015
|-
!40
|[[Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan|T.B. Radhakrishnan]]
|July 7, 2018- December 31, 2018
|-
! colspan="4" |Telangana High Court
|-
!41
|[[Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan|T.B. Radhakrishnan]]
|January 1, 2019 – April 2, 2019
|-
!42
|[[Raghvendra Singh Chauhan]]
|June 22, 2019 - January 6, 2021
|-
!43
|[[Hima Kohli]]
|January 7, 2021 - August 30, 2021
|-
!44
|[[Satish Chandra Sharma]]
|October 11, 2021 - Incumbent
|}

== Current Judges of the Court ==
Current Chief Justice and Justices of the High Court [https://tshc.gov.in/templateJudgeList]
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* Hon'ble Mr. Justice [[Satish Chandra Sharma]], '''Chief Justice'''
* Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adavalli Rajasheker Reddy
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ponugoti Naveen Rao
* Hon'ble Dr. Justice Shameem Akhter
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice T. Amarnath Goud
* Hon'ble Ms. Justice Gandikota Sri Devi
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kunuru Lakshman Goud
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice Tadakamalla Vinod Kumar
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice Annireddy Abhishek Reddy
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice Bollampally Vijayasen Reddy
* Hon'ble Smt. Justice Lalitha Kanneganti
* Hon'ble Ms. Justice Perugu Sree Sudha
* Hon'ble Ms. Justice Chillakur Sumalatha
* Hon'ble Ms. Justice Gurijala Radha Rani
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice Munnuri Laxman
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice Noonsavath Tukaramji
* Hon'ble Mr. Justice Addula Venkateshwara Reddy
* Hon'ble Ms. Justice Patolla Madhavi Devi <ref name="Seven new judges for Telangana High Court">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |title=Seven new judges for Telangana High Court |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/seven-new-judges-for-telangana-high-court/article36989943.ece |access-date=14 October 2021 |work= |date=13 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014091330/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/seven-new-judges-for-telangana-high-court/article36989943.ece |archive-date=14 October 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
{{refend}}

==Present Registrars of High Court ==
# Registrar General- Dr. D. Nagarjun
# Registrar (Judicial I)- G.V.Subramaniam
#Registrar (Judicial II)-K Gangadhara rao
# Registrar (Administration) - K.Sujana
# Registrar (I.T.)-cum-Central Project Coordinator (IT & [http://ecourts.gov.in E-Committee] related)- D. Ramakanth
# Registrar (Vigilance) - K.Sai Rama Devi
# Registrar (Management)-V Ramesh
# Registrar (Protocol)-T Venkateswara Rao
# District Judge (Enquiries)
# Registrar (Recruitment)

== See also ==
{{Politics of Telangana}}
* [[High Courts of India]]
*[[:Category:Establishments in Hyderabad State]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Telangana High Court}}
* [https://tshc.gov.in Official website]

{{High courts of India}}

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[[Category:Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Government of Telangana]]
[[Category:1954 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Establishments in Hyderabad State]]

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