Pingle Jaganmohan Reddy
| Pingle Jaganmohan Reddy | |
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| Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court | |
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In office 1966–1969 | |
| Preceded by | N. D. Krishna Rao |
| Succeeded by | N. Kumarayya |
| Judge of Supreme Court of India | |
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In office 1969–1975 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 January 1910 |
Justice Pingle Jaganmohan Reddy was Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.[1]
He was born on 23 January 1910. He practised in the High Courts of Bombay, Madras and Hyderabad during 1937-46. He served as deputy Secretary, Government of Hyderabad, Additional Judge, District and Sessions Judge, Additional Judge High Court, Hyderabad from 25 February 1945 till 16 November 1946.
He was Judge of Hyderabad High Court from 16 February 1952, Judge, High Court of Andhra Pradesh between 1956–66 and Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court between 1966–69; He was Judge, Supreme Court of India, from 1969-1975.
Member, Syndicate and Dean, faculty of Law, Osmania University between 1952–59 and Vice-Chancellor, Osmania University in 1975.
1971 Nagarwala scandal
A Commission of Inquiry was set up by Janata Party under Reddy on 9 June 1977, to probe into the 1971 Nagarwala scandal case.
Publications
- The Hyderabad Excess Profits Tax Act
- Quest of Justice.
Reports
- Report on the 1969 Gujarat riots
- Pingle Jagamohan Reddy, Nusserwanji K Vakil and Akbar S Sarela (1973). Report: Inquiry into the communal disturbances at Ahmedabad and other places in Gujarat on and after 18th September 1969. Commission of Inquiry on Communal Disturbances at Ahmedabad and at Various Places in the State of Gujarat on and after 18 September 1969, Home Department, Government of Gujarat.
Autobiographies
- Reddy, Pingle Jaganmohan (1993). The revolution I have lived through. Printwell. ISBN 9788170443056.
- Reddy, Pingle Jaganmohan (1999). The Judiciary I Served. Orient Blackswan. ISBN 9788125016175.