V. Eshwaraiah
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Vangala Eshwaraiah, also spelt as V. Eswaraiah is a current justice of High Court of Andhra Pradesh in India
India
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. He was elevated to the constitutional post as additional Judge
Judge
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 of Andhra Pradesh high court in 1999 and then as judge
Judge
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 in 2000.

He says in an interview to a journal as, we can only minimize but never eradicate crime no matter how many new laws are enacted unless people and the society mindset changes to respect the laws. The laws are not able to be effective as value for obedience, honesty and principles are getting diminished.

He is influenced by Lekhraj Kripalani, the founder of Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University
Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University or Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya is a monastic, renunciate Millenarian new religious movement of Indian origin...

. During his visit to Institute of Sindhology
Institute of Sindhology
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 in Sindh
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 of Pakistan
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, he called upon India and Pakistan to focus on universal peace, harmony and development of their people by curtailing defence budget on border tensions.

Personal details

Vangala Eshwaraiah was born on March 10, 1951 at Nemalikalava village of Valigonda
Valigonda
Valigonda is a Mandal in Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located on the banks of Musi River.-Geography:Valigonda is located at . It has an average elevation of 291 metres .-Eminent persons:* V...

 mandal of Nalgonda district
Nalgonda district
Nalgonda / Nallagonda District is a district in Andhra Pradesh. It has a population of 3,483,648 of which 13.32% is urban as of 2001.-Etymology:Its name is derived from two Telugu words Nalla & Konda i.e...

 in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

. He was born in agriculture family to Sri
Sri
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. Vangala Anjaiah Goud
Goud
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 and Smt
Smt
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. Vangala Laxmi Narsamma.

He is married to Smt
Smt
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. Vangala Shyamala Devi and are blessed with two sons named Vamshidhar & Ramchander and a daughter named Madhavi.

Professional career

He got married when he was in final year of Bachelor of Science(B.Sc) which he did from City College in Hyderabad. After marriage, his uncle encouraged him to do medicine which he could not write entrance exam due to the death of his family member.

He did his L.L.B from Law College of Osmania University
Osmania University
Osmania University , , since 1918, is a public university located in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established and named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. It is one of the oldest modern universities in India. It is the first Indian University to have Urdu and...

 in Hyderabad. He enrolled as an advocate in 1978 and started working under his senior Talluri Dasharatha Ramaiah to handle cases related to excise. Right from 1980, he started his own practise to handle civil, criminal, service and constitutional matters in both high court
High Court
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s and civil courts in Hyderabad.

He worked as government pleader from January 1990 till December 1994 for five years. He also worked as standing counsel for Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Corporation Limited (A.P.D.D.C.L) and Nalgonda District Cooperative Central Bank. He was also advisor to Mother Teresa's Charity Secunderabad.

On May 17, 1999, he was appointed as additional judge of Andhra Pradesh high court. Later, he was appointed as judge of Andhra Pradesh high court on April 20, 2000 and still working as honourable judge.

From the date of his appointment he turned as a vegetarian and practicing continuously for spiritual elevation to keep up the oath taken at the time of the swearing as a Judge. He is the follower of Prajapitha Bramha Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwavidyala.

Judgements

Through interim order, he stopped skyscraper project being constructed by Emaar Properties and Lanco Group owned by Rajagopal Lagadapati in plots belonging to Muslims Wakf Boards
Central Wakf Council, India
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 erroneously and illegally allocated by YSR
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 government to his party Member of Parliament
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 Rajagopal Lagadapati.

He prevented the exploitation of laws for political harassment on opposition political parties by ruling political parties by preventing police authorities from taking any coercive
steps.

He directed the state government ruled by Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

(INC) to act in a fair and non-discriminatory manner by framing a uniform procedure when differential treatment biased on caste or religion towards employees caught by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths.

He decided that the writ petitions are maintainable on the letters addressed by the siting MLA Mr.Shankar Rao, about the fraud and corrupt activities committed by the EMMAR properties, its sister companies in view of the involvement of the larger public interest and also about the alleged ill-gotten money and illegal gratification invested in the companies floated by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy former MP and son of former Chief Minister YS Rajshekar Reddy, as a quid pro quo for the benefit confired on the invested companies by taking advantage of his father's position.
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