Amaravati, Feb 14 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra on Monday administered the oath of office to seven new judges who were appointed by a Presidential order last week.

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Senior lawyers K Srinivasa Reddy, G Ramakrishna Prasad, N Venkateswarlu, T Rajasekhar Rao, S Subba Reddy, Ch Ravi and V Sujatha were sworn in as the new judges of the High Court.

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With this, the number of judges of the AP High Court has gone up to 26, including the Chief Justice.

Advocate General S Sriram, High Court Bar Association president Janaki Ramireddy, Bar Council chairman Ghanta Rama Rao, Assistant Solicitor General Haranath, lawyers and senior officials attended the event.

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