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Hyderabad, Jan.1 (PMI): Governor of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States E.S.L. Narasimhan
administered oath of office to Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan
as the first Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court at a swearing-in
ceremony held at 8.30am at Raj Bhavan, on Tuesday.
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood
Ali, Chairman of Telangana Legislative Council K. Swamy Goud, MLCs
Shabbir Ali, Ramachandra Rao, designated Judges of the Telangana High
Court, Law Officers, senior Advocates, MPs, MLCs, MLAs, Telangana Chief
Secretary S.K. Joshi, DGP P. Mahender Reddy, Advisors and
senior officers of Telangana Government, were present. After the swearing-in,
the Governor and the CM greeted Justice T.B.N. Radhakrishnan with presentation
of bouquets.
Later,
Justice Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office to 12 justices of
Telangana High Court on the premises of the High Court. They are: Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, Ramasubramanian,
Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar, Satya Ratna Sri Ramachandra Rao, A.
Rajashekar Reddy, P Naveen Rao, Challa
Kodandaram Chowdary, Bulusu Shiva Shankar Rao, Dr Shameem
Akhtar, Potlapalli Keshava Rao, Abhinand Kumar Shavili and Todupunuri
Amarnath Goud.
Earlier,
the Supreme Court had directed the Centre to bifurcate the existing high court
in Hyderabad and by a Central notification, the bifurcation process has been
completed a few days ago facilitating the two high courts to function in their
respective States. Amidst emotional scenes, the judges, legal officials and
staff allotted to Andhra Pradesh have been given a formal farewell on Monday on
the High Court premises.
As
per the notification, 12 judges, over 360 district and civil judges have been
allotted to the new Telangana State. Andhra Pradesh High Court got over 500
district and civil judges as the two high courts began functioning as separate
entities from January 1, 2019. (PMI)
