Kanneganti Lalithakumari (born 5 May 1971) is an Indian judge. She is currently serving as a judge of the

Telangana High Court The Telangana High Court is the 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 ...

. She is former judge of

Andhra Pradesh High Court The High Court of Andhra Pradesh is the High Court of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The seat of the High Court is currently located at Nelapadu. History The High Court of Andhra Pradesh was established in the year 1954 when the sta ...

Early life and education

She was born in Cheruvu Jammulapalem village. After attending St.Theresa's and Nagarjuna Junior College in

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India ...

she graduated with

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four year ...

degree from Vanitha Mahavidyalaya Nampally Hyderabad in 1991. Thereafter, she obtained

Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Ch ...

degree from Padala Rama Reddi Law college,

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate university, collegiate Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farma ...

in 1994.

Career

she enrolled as an Advocate on 28.12.1994 in the composite Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh and commenced practice by joining the chambers of Sri M.R.K. Choudary, Sri K.Harinath and Sri O.Manohar Reddy and developed independent practice within a short span of time. Her Lordship practiced in all areas of law including Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Taxation, Service, Non-Service, Motor Accident Claims and Matrimonial Cases. Her Lordship was the Standing Counsel for Agriculture Market Committees, English and Foreign Languages University, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Endowments, Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS) and Sanskrit University, Tirupati.

Notable judgements

* Covid-19 migrant worker crisis (K. Ramakrishna vs Union of India) *Vizag LG polymer gas leak (Suo motu PIL) *Suo motu for non compliance of orders on medical examination *Decongestion of prisons - Release of all convicts, under trial prisoners on interim bail for 90 days *Guidelines for Prompt Transmission of Bail Orders *implemented guidelines issued by supreme court in Arnesh kumar's case

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanneganti, Lalitha Indian judges Living people 21st-century judges People from Guntur district 21st-century Indian women judges Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court 1971 births