Justice Penmetsa Satyanarayana Raju
B.A.
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B.L.
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(17 August 1908 – 20 April 1966) was
Chief Justice 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 ...
.
He was born on 17 August 1908 at Ajjaram village in
Tanuku
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taluk in
West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. His parents are P. Ramabhadra Raju and Subhadramma. He is their eldest son and has two brothers and sisters.
He was educated in Board High School, Tanuku, West Godavari District and Intermediate in Vizianagaram. He did graduation
Bachelor of Arts
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(B.A.) from
Maharajah's College
Maharajah's College, or M. R. College, established in 1879, it is an autonomous institution located in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh.
History
The institution was founded by Sri Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapathi Raju, the Maharajah of Vizianagram. It ...
,
Vizianagaram
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. He did
Bachelor of Law
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(B.L.) Degree from
Madras Law College
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and joined the Madras Bar in 1930. He was associated with late Sri
T. Prakasam
Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu (23 August 1872 – 20 May 1957) was an Indian jurist, political leader, social reformer, and anti-colonial nationalist who served as the chief minister of the Madras Presidency. Tanguturi subsequently became the fi ...
for 3 years and later with Sri
P. Satyanarayana Rao. He became the Government Pleader of the Composite state of Madras in 1950 and State Counsel in 1951. When
Andhra State
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was formed he became the Government Pleader of Andhra State in 1953.
He has visited
Russia
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in 1964-65 along with the Chief Justice of Supreme Court
P. B. Gajendragadkar
Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar (16 March 1901 – 12 June 1981) originally from Gajendra-Gad, a historic fort and town in southern India was the 7th Chief Justice of India, serving from February 1964 to March 1966.
Career
Prahlad Bal ...
to study their Legal system.
He was appointed Judge,
Supreme Court of India
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on 20 October 1965. He died in harness on 20 April 1966 in
New Delhi
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.
References
1908 births
1966 deaths
Telugu people
Justices of the Supreme Court of India
Chief Justices of the Andhra Pradesh High Court
20th-century Indian judges
People from West Godavari district
People from Andhra Pradesh
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