Andhra Pradesh and Telenagana are going to have separate High Courts

The central Government bifurcates the Hyderabad High Court into TWO high courts

• President Ram Nath Kovind ordered the separation of the “common” Hyderabad High Court into the two separate High Courts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana followed by a Supreme Court order to the Centre to notify the bifurcation of the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana High Courts by January 1, 2019.
• Andhra Pradesh will have a separate high court which will function from Amravati, the new capital of the state. Whereas, the Telengana high court will work as usual from Hyderabad as its capital.
• Justice Ramesh Ranganathan, who is at present the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court, will head the new high court of Amravati high court with the sanctioned strength of 16 judges.
• Justice Radhakrishnan, who is ate present Chief Justice for both the states will head Telengana High court from Hyderabad with sanctioned strength of 10 judges.

Presidential notification quoted on Article 214 of the Constitution

• Article 214 in the Constitution of India prescribes – High Courts for States There shall be a High Court for each State.
• The President Ram Nath Kovind confirmed the bifurcation order Hyderabad as per the provision in Article – 214. The Supreme Court also has recommended the same through an order.
• The Presidential notification pointed out that under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, both States were to have a common high court, till separate ones were formed.
• Supreme Court ordered that there was “no embargo for the Competent Authority to issue a notification bifurcating the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad into the High Court of Telangana and the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, respectively.
• A per the order of Supreme Court , by the 1st day of January, 2019 so that the two High Courts start functioning separately and the High Court of Andhra Pradesh also starts functioning in the new building at the earliest.
  

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Requirement from Andhra Pradesh

• Andhra Pradesh had been pressing for a separate high court, but the Centre had maintained that till the time the infrastructure was not ready, it was not feasible to create a separate high court. The issue had also reached the apex court.
• The Supreme Court notification mentioned that Justice R Subhash Reddy, who was a judge of the common high court of the two states and was elevated to the Supreme Court, has exercised the option for allocation to the Telangana High Court.
  

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