AMARAVATI HIGH COURT

About:

• Andhra Pradesh High Court will be the 25^th High Court (HC) in the country.
  
  
• The principal seat of the Andhra Pradesh High Court is Amaravati, the capital of the State.
  
  
• The separate High Court for Andhra Pradesh will start functioning from the first of next month.
  
  
• Till now, the Hyderabad High Court is functioning as common high court after bifurcation of undivided Andhra Pradesh.
  
  
• Legal provisions:
  • The Presidential notification quoted Article 214 of the Constitution which provides that there shall be a High Court for each State.
    
    
  • According to The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, both States were to have a common high court, till separate ones were formed.