Judiciary A P
The Andhra area of the composite State of Madras was carved out and constituted into the State of Andhra in 1954. Thereafter, in 1956, consequent on the passing of the State Re-organisation Act, the State of Andhra Pradesh comprising of 11 Districts of the Andhra State and the 9 District of Telangana area of the State of Hyderabad was established.
Subsequently Prakasam District was formed on 2.2.1970 carved out of Kurnool, Guntur and Nellore. Vizianagaram District was formed on 1.6.1979 by taking some areas from Srikakulam and Visakhapatna. Rangareddy District was formed on 15.8.1978 by carving out some portions of Hyderabad (Urban)
Taluk and the mergerj of the rural and urban areas of the remaining Taluks of Hyderabad District. The High Court of Andhra which was established in 1954 at Guntur under the Andhra State Act had all the powers hitherto being exercised by the High Court of Madras in respect of the territories included in the State of Andhra.
In 1956 with the establishment of one High Court of Andhra Pradesh the jurisdiction of the High Court of Andhra was extended to the whole of the Telangana area of the erstwhile Hyderabad State and the High Court of Hyderabad was abolished. The High Court at the Apex of the Judiciary exercises superintendence and control over all the subordinate Courts functioning in the City and in Mofussil.
In discussing the functions and organization of the Judiciary, it would be convenient to take up the Courts in the following order viz., the High Court, the Courts in the City (Civil and Criminal), the Civil Courts in the Districts and the Criminal Courts in the Districts.
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