TELANGANA STATE JUDICIAL ACADEMY
Hon’ble the Chief Justice of High Court for the State of Telangana is the Chief Patron of the Academy and all the Hon’ble Judges of the High Court are patrons of the Academy. Hon’ble the Chief Justice nominates a Judge of the High Court as the President and such Judges of the High Court as the members of the Board of Governors who guides the functioning of the Academy.
PATRON-IN-CHIEF
Hon'ble The Chief Justice Alok Aradhe
Patron-in-chief, Telangana State Judicial Academy
Born on 13.04.1964 at Raipur, B.Sc and LLB. Enrolled as Advocate on July 12, 1988. Practiced on Civil and Constitutional, Arbitration and Company matters in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur. Designated as Senior Advocate in April, 2007. Revised the 5th and 6th Editions of Principles of Administrative Law by M.P.Jain and S.N.Jain and 15th Edition of Principles of Statutory Interpretation by late Honourable Justice G.P.Singh, Former Chief Justice of High Court of Madhya Pradesh.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on December, 29, 2009 and Permanent Judge on February 15th, 2011.
Transferred to High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and took oath as such on 20.09.2016. Nominated as Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir State Judicial Academy on 07.06.2017. Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir on 11.05.2018 and functioned as such upto 10.08.2018. Nominated as Executive Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir State Legal Services Authority on 04.09.2018.
On transfer to Karnataka High Court, His Lordship took oath as Judge of Karnataka High Court on 17.11.2018. His Lordship assumed charge as the Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court on 03.07.2022 and functioned as such upto 14.10.2022. Served as President of Bangalore Mediation Centre, Arbitration and Conciliation Centre and President of Karnataka Judicial Academy.
Appointed as Chief Justice, High Court for the State of Telangana on 19.07.2023 and took oath of office on 23.07.2023.
PRESIDENT
HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SAM KOSHY
Born on April 30, 1967. Took Bachelors Degree in Commerce in 1987 and Law degree in 1990. Enrolled as an Advocate on March 9, 1991.
Practiced on Civil, Constitutional and Service and Labour matters initially in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur till October, 2000 and subsequently in the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur from November, 2000 till September, 2013.
Was Government Advocate at the High Court of Chhattisgarh from 2002 to 2004. Also was Deputy Advocate General in 2005-06. Earlier was a member of the Academic Council of Hidayatulla National Law University, Raipur. At present, is a member of the General Council Hidayatulla National Law University, Raipur.
Was a counsel for various Public Sectors undertakings, Banks as well as many private institutions like, South East Central Railway, Coal India Limited, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, National Mineral Development Corporation, State Bank of India, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board, Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board etc., etc.
Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Chhattisgarh on September 16, 2013. Later, assumed charge as the permanent Judge of the High Court of Chattisgarh on 08.03.2016.
On transfer to High Court for the State of Telangana, His Lordship took oath as Judge of High Court for the State of Telangana on 27.07.2023.
MEMBERS
HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T. VINOD KUMAR
Born on 17th November, 1964 to late Sri T. Laxmi Narasimha Rao and Smt. T. Shakuntala. Had initial school education at Suryapet in Nalgonda District and thereafter in Hyderabad. Obtained Bachelor of Arts degree and LL.B., from Osmania University.
Enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1988 in the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh and joined in the chambers of Sri Ravi. S, Senior Advocate. Specialized in Tax and Corporate Litigation. Appointed as Senior Standing Counsel for Income Tax in 2015 and as Special Standing Counsel for Commercial Tax in 2016 and continued till elevation.
Appointed as Judge of the High Court for the State of Telangana, Hyderabad and sworn-in on 26th August, 2019.
HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.LAKSHMAN
He was born on 08.06.1966 to Sri K. Gopal and Smt. K. Sathamma, who hail from an agriculture family. Of the five children (two sons and three daughters), he is the second one and the eldest son. He belongs to Bogaram village of Ramannapet Mandal in Yadadri - Bhuvanagiri District. His school journey had taken place in Government Schools at Bogaram and Ramannapet villages respectively. He did his Graduation with B.Sc., (M.P.C.) from New Science Degree College, Ameerpet, Hyderabad, and later did his LL.B., from V.R. Law College, Nellore of Sri Venkateshwara University.
fter completion of Law Degree, he enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1993 with the Andhra Pradesh Bar Council and joined in the office of Sri Madiraju Radhakrishna Murthy, Advocate and did his juniorship for some time in the erstwhile High Court of Andhra Pradesh and various other Subordinate Courts in and around the twin cities and thereafter started his independent practice from 1999 on the side of Civil Law, Constitutional Law and Cooperative Laws. He was also Standing Counsel for Uranium Corporation of India and various private reputed Institutions or Companies.
He got married to A. Manjula Rani. He was blessed with two daughters, Ms. Sreeja and Ms. Himaja.
He was appointed as an Assistant Solicitor General of India for the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on 24th August, 2017, and after bifurcation of the High Court, served as such for the High Court of Telangana State and discharged his duties till his elevation as a Judge of the Honourable High Court.
He has been elevated as a Judge for the High Court of State Telangana and was sworn-in as such in the forenoon of Monday, 26th of August 2019.
HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.VIJAYSEN REDDY
Born on 22.08.1970 at Hyderabad. His father Justice B. Subhashan Reddy (Late) was a former Chief Justice of Madras and Kerala High Courts and was also former Chairperson of A.P. State Human Rights Commission and former Lokayukta for the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. His grand father Sri B. Aga Reddy (Late) was renowned personality and was a former Examiner of Accounts Jagir Administration in the erstwhile Hyderabad State. He passed LL.B., from Padala Rama Reddy Law College (Osmania University) Hyderabad in 1994. He enrolled as an Advocate on 28.12.1994. As an advocate Justice Reddy practiced in all branches of Law and appeared in High Court in large number of Constitutional, Civil, Revenue and Criminal matters. He practiced as a private lawyer for more than 25 years and commanded good practice in Revenue Laws,
Land Ceiling, Tenancy, Land Acquisition Laws, other local laws and also on civil and criminal original side and appellate side and appeared regularly in Hyderabad City and Ranga Reddy District civil, Revenue and criminal Courts. He also appeared for several religious, charitable and social organizations. He has number of reported cases to his credit. He was elevated as a permanent Judge of the High Court for the State of Telangana and assumed charge on 02.05.2020. He delivered lectures on Record of Rights and Comparative Study of Old and New Land Acquisition Acts (Young Lawyers Association, A.P. High Court), Litigation Practice, Land Reforms, Civil Procedure Code (NALSAR University), Working of Constitution (Ranga Reddy District Bar Assocation).
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