Bill to fix deadline on HC split pending

coming into force of this Act."

Section 31 of the Act clearly states that the principal seat of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh shall be at such place as the President may, by notified order, appoint.

“Thus, all that is necessary for bifurcation of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh is a notified order, which essentially means a Cabinet decision. However, for some inexplicable reason, this decision has been pending ever since the passage of the Act in the year 2014. This is a denial of the legitimate right of both TS and AP to have their own High Courts,” Mr Vinod Kumar said.

He said in order to expedite this process, the Bill, therefore, seeks to amend the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 with a view to put a time limit so that the bifurcation is done by April, 2016.