Judge

Justice G Ramakrishna Prasad

Justice Sri Gannamaneni Ramakrishna Prasad was born to Sri Gannamaneni Gandhi Chowdary and Smt. G. Vijayalakshmi on 28.05.1964 in Karamchedu Village, Prakasam District. Did his Pre schooling and a part of his primary schooling in Telugu medium in an informal School in Karamchedu Village and thereafter completed his primary schooling in Loyola Public School, Guntur. Completed his secondary and higher schooling in Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur. Did his graduation in B.com in Andhra Vidyalaya College of Arts & Sciences, Hyderabad and LLB in Andhra Christian College of Law, Guntur and enrolled as Advocate in the year 1991 in Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh. Did the LLM in Constitutional and Administrative Laws from Acharya Nagarjuna University.

Started his career as a lecturer of law and taught various law subjects in a Law College in Guntur. Had set-up his practice in the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi in the year 1996 by joining the Chamber of Hon’ble Sri Justice Lavu Nageswara Rao Garu, Judge, Supreme Court of India. Had cleared the Advocate on Record examination and became an Advocate on Record in the Supreme Court in the year 2000. He Practiced in various realms of law such as Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Commercial Laws, Corporate Laws, Arbitration Law, Consumer Disputes, Medical Negligence, Civil & Criminal Cases, PILs, Service Law, Land Acquisitions and Revenue Cases.

Had been the Standing Counsel for various organizations such as A.P.S.R.T.C., G.H.M.C., Andhra University, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences and Sri Venkateshwara University. Had been the Special Standing Counsel for the Government of Nagaland and also served as the Standing Counsel for Rajya Sabha Secretariat and Rajya Sabha TV.

A reported case in which he appeared (Intellectuals Forum, Tirupathi Vs State of AP & Ors- (2006) 3 SCC 549) is part of case law syllabus for Environmental Law in Faculty of Law, Delhi University.

Had practiced in the Supreme Court, High Court of Delhi and Punjab & Haryana High Court and in various National Tribunals in Delhi for 26 years before being elevated as a Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh on 14.02.2022.