Vikram Nath Appointed new Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
- The seniormost judge of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Vikram Nath, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the newly constituted Andhra Pradesh High Court.
- 56-year-old Justice Nath will take over as the full fledged Chief Justive from acting CJ C. Praveen Kumar.
- Justice Praveen Kumar became the first CJ of the A.P. High Court, which came into existence on January 1, 2019 following the division of a combined high court for AP and Telangana.
- He was recommended for the post by a collegium of Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and judges S A Bobde and N V Ramana.
- Apart from the chief justice, Andhra Pradesh High Court has 15 judges.