Chagari Praveen Kumar

Chagari Praveen Kumar is a retired Indian judge, who had served as a judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. He has also served as the Acting Chief Justice of that high court.

Career Justice Chagari Praveen Kumar was born on 26 February 1961. He passed B.Sc., L.L.B. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 28 February 1986. He practiced in the Andhra Pradesh High Court (now High Court of Telangana) in criminal and constitutional matters for over 25 years. He was appointed an Additional Judge of the Telangana High Court on June 29, 2012. He was appointed a Permanent Judge of the Telangana High Court on December 4, 2013. He chose Andhra Pradesh High Court after bifurcation of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad into Andhra Pradesh High Court and Telangana High Court. He was appointed acting Chief Justice of newly formed Andhra Pradesh High Court on 1 January 2019.