Honorable Judges

Justice Challa Gunaranjan

Born to Late Sri Challa Narayana and Late Smt.Challa Chandramma at Tadipatri, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh. Had schooling at Sri Aurobindo Centinary School, Tadipatri. Completed degree and law studies at Hyderabad. Enrolled as an Advocate in the year 2001 and started practicing in the office of Hon’ble Sri Justice Challa Kodanda Ram. After his elevation as Judge of Hon’ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh, started independent practice and has built a distinguished legal career. Handled cases relating to Writ Remedies under the Constitution across various branches of law, including Education, Electricity, Mining, Taxation, Revenue, SARFAESI, Environment and Pollution, Arbitration, and Contracts, Civil Matters and Criminal Matters, particularly in Economic Offences on both Original and Appellate sides. Has extensive experience in handling Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) matters, mergers before the NCLT, tariff, regulatory, and adjudicatory issues before APERC/TSERC/APTEL, and advised and represented various corporate houses in Litigation.
  Served as a Standing Counsel for the Medical Council of India from 2011 to 2013 and appeared for various Private Engineering and Medical Institutions at High Court. Also appeared for IOCL, HPCL, Midhani, BHPV as Special Counsel before Tribunals and High Court.
  Appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh and sworn-in as such on 28.10.2024.