'Soon High Court Bench Will Be Established In Kurnool': Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said the TDP-led NDA government in the state is committed to setting up a high court bench in Kurnool and will forward the necessary proposals to the Centre for it.

He observed that the government is ready to fulfil its election promise of setting up the bench in the town of the Rayalaseema region.

"Will send the necessary proposals from the state government to the Centre for setting up a high court bench in Kurnool," Naidu said. 

While reviewing the functioning of the law department, the chief minister said that the government will move forward to set up an international law school in Amaravati in coordination with the Bar Council of India on a 100-acre plot.

He called on officials to speed up the establishment of a top law school in Amaravati on the lines of Bengaluru's National Law School of India University and Goa 's India International University of Legal Education and Research.

The High Court of Andhra Pradesh was established in 1954 when the state was formed from the former Madras Presidency. Following the merger of Hyderabad State with Andhra State, the Court initially operated in Guntur until 1956, when it moved to Hyderabad, the then capital of the state. After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act of 2014 created a common High Court, the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad, until a new High Court for Andhra Pradesh could be established. Subsequently, by a Presidential order, the High Court for the state of Andhra Pradesh was officially inaugurated on January 1, 2019, as stipulated by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.