K. Punnaiah

Honourable Sri Justice Kothapalli Punnaiah (1924 – 1 December 2018) was an Indian politician and latterly high Court judge.

Kothapalli Punnaiah
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
1955 - 1961
ConstituencyCheepurupalli
Personal details
Born1924
Andhra Pradesh
Died (aged 94)
Visakhapatnam
Political partyIndian National Congress(1955-1961)
ChildrenK. Pratibha Bharati
ResidenceCheepurupalli
As of December, 2018

Biography

He served as the Judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh from 1974 - 1985.[1] He was one of the 11 member Constitution Review Committee proposed by NDA government in 2000.[2] He also served as the chairman of state SC/ST Commission.

Background

He was born in 1924. After a brief stint as a lawyer in Srikakulam district court during 1952–53, Punnaiah took to politics and was first elected to the state assembly in 1955 from the Cheepurupally constituency in Srikakulam district. He has also served as vice-president of the Srikakulam Zilla Parishad in 1958 and was elected to the assembly unopposed in 1962. After having a political career he took to Judicial career and elevated to the level of Judge of High Court.

His politician daughter, K. Pratibha Bharati, was the speaker of the Andhra Pradesh assembly, the first woman in the state to occupy the coveted post.

Death

He died at the age of 95 years in 2018 at Visakhapatnam.[3]

References
  1. "Former Judges of High Court". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  2. "Justice K Punnaiah on the Constitution Review".
  3. "Retd AP HC judge Kothapalli Puniah dies". Business Standard. Retrieved 5 December 2018.


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