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P. Chandra Reddy

P. Chandra Reddy
14th Chief Justice of Madras High Court
In office
23 November 1964 – 1 July 1966
Nominated byP. B. Gajendragadkar
Appointed byS. Radhakrishnan
Preceded byS. Ramachandra Iyer
Succeeded byM. Anantanarayanan
2nd Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
In office
16 June 1958 – 22 November 1964
Nominated bySudhi Ranjan Das
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
Preceded byKoka Subba Rao
Succeeded byP. Satyanarayana Raju
Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court
In office
5 July 1954 – 15 June 1958
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
Acting Chief Justice
In office
31 January 1958 – 15 June 1958
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
Preceded byKoka Subba Rao
Succeeded byHimself
Judge of Madras High Court
In office
16 July 1949 – 4 July 1954
Appointed byC. Rajagopalachari
Personal details
Born
Palagani Chandra Reddy

(1904-07-01)1 July 1904
Died7 October 1976(1976-10-07) (aged 72)

Justice P. Chandra Reddy or Palagani Chandra Reddy (1 July 1904 – 7 October 1976) was an Indian judge and chief justice of two High Courts of India. He was educated at V.R. High School, Nellore and Pachaiyappa’s College in Madras. He was appointed an advocate at the Madras High Court on 13 August 1928. He had practised civil and criminal 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 Andhra Pradesh 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 Tamil Nadu between 24 December 1964 and 7 February 1965. He retired on 7 January 1966. He died on 7 October 1976.[1] [2][3]

References

  1. ^ HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.CHANDRA REDDI Archived 30 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, 20 September 2008)
  2. ^ Sixth Assembly First Session–First Meeting (Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, 21 September 2008)
  3. ^ Past Governors (Raj Bhavan, Chennai, 20 September 2008)


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