Justice P. Chandra Reddy or Palagani Chandra Reddy (July 1, 1904–October 7, 1976) was an India

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n judge. He was educated at V.R. High School, Nellore

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 and Pachaiyappa’s College in Madras

Chennai

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. He was appointed as an advocate

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 at the Madras High Court

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 on 13 August 1928. He had practised civil

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 and criminal cases. He was appointed as an additional judge at the same court on 16 July 1949. He was appointed as a permanent Judge at Andhra Pradesh High Court

Andhra Pradesh High Court

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 on its formation from 5 July 1954 and later became the acting Chief Justice of the court. He was appointed as the permanent of Andhra High Court on 16 June 1958.

He as the acting Governor of Andhra Pradesh

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 from 20 December 1963 to 19 December 1963. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court

Madras High Court

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 on 23 December 1964. He was the acting Governor of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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between 24 December 1964 and 7 February 1965. He retired on 7 January 1966. He died on 7 October 1976.