Justice P. Chandra Reddy or Palagani Chandra Reddy (1 July 1904 – 7 October 1976) was an Indian judge. He was educated at V.R. High School,

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. He was appointed an

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at the

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on 13 August 1928. He had practised

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cases. He was appointed an additional judge at the same court on 16 July 1949. He was appointed a permanent judge at Andhra State High Court on its formation from 5 July 1954, and later became the acting Chief Justice of the court. He was appointed the permanent Chief Justice of Andhra High Court on 16 June 1958. He was the acting Governor of

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from 20 December 1963 to 19 December 1964. He was appointed the Chief Justice of Madras High Court on 23 December 1964. He was the acting Governor of

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between 24 December 1964 and 7 February 1965. He retired on 7 January 1966. He died on 7 October 1976. Sixth Assembly First Session–First Meeting
(Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 21 September 2008)
(Raj Bhavan, Chennai, 20 September 2008)

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Chandra P., Reddy Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court 1976 deaths 1904 births People from Tamil Nadu Chief Justices of the Madras High Court Chief Justices of the Andhra Pradesh High Court 20th-century Indian judges Gandhians Telugu people {{India-law-bio-stub