Telangana-HC comes into existence, Thottathil B Radhakrishnan becomes first CJ
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Thottathil B Radhakrishnan today took over as the first Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court, which came into existence on the first day of 2019. Radhakrishnan was administered the oath of office by Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, E S L Narasimhan, at the Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad. The separate HC came into existence following the division of the HC at Hyderabad.
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Andhra Pradesh High Court at Vijayawada established today as well
The Hyderabad High Court had common jurisdiction over Telangana and Andhra Pradesh since the formation of Telangana in 2014. A large number of employees of the common high court who were allocated to the Andhra Pradesh High Court left for Vijayawada from Hyderabad yesterday. The AP High Court at Vijayawada also comes into existence from today and its first CJ is Chagari Praveen Kumar.