Chief Justice of India Surya Kant lays stone for A.P. Judicial Academy, High Court guest house in Amaravati

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy building at Pichukalapalem in Amaravati on Sunday.

Costing ₹165 crore, the judicial academy building will have G+3 academic block, a hostel block with G+8 floors, and indoor sports and guest facilities. It will accommodate a batch of 120 trainee judges and have a total built-up area of 2.05 lakh square feet. The administrative and academic block will have a 500-seat auditorium, 70-seat moot court hall, a 60-seat forensic lab, and a 50-seat computer lab, among other modern amenities.

Also, Justice Surya Kant laid the stone for the High Court guest house coming up on a nearly 34-acre land spread across Nelapadu and Kondamarajupalem villages, with a built-up area of 50,000 square feet.

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant unveiling a plaque to mark the inauguration of the A.P. High Court judges’ residential enclave, in Amaravati on Sunday.

Later, the CJI watched an audio-visual presentation on Amaravati capital development works and inaugurated the High Court judges’ residential enclave, near the High Court at Nelapadu, built at a cost of ₹210 crore. The enclave has 36 bungalows and space for construction of 13 more bungalows in the future.

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Supreme Court Judges J.K. Maheswari, P.S. Narasimha, Prashant Kumar Mishra and S.V.N. Bhatti, A.P. High Court Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur, and Government Chief Secretary G. Sai Prasad took part.

Principal Secretaries J. Syamala Rao and S. Suresh Kumar, CRDA Commissioner K. Kannababu, Guntur District Collector Tamim Ansariya, and Superintendent of Police Vakul Jindal were present.