Amaravati, March 1 – Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, laid the foundation stone for the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy and inaugurated the High Court Judges' Residential Complex in Amaravati on Sunday.
He also laid the foundation stone for the Andhra Pradesh Judges' Guest House.
The Judicial Academy is being constructed at a cost of ₹165 crore, with academic, residential, and training facilities to accommodate 120 trainee judges in each batch.
With a total built-up area of approximately 2.05 lakh square feet, the proposed complex will include an academic block, hostel facilities, indoor sports amenities, and other infrastructure.
Justice Surya Kant inaugurated the High Court Judges' Residential Complex constructed in Pichukalapalem.
Modern facilities have been constructed for 36 High Court Judges on an area of 33.20 acres, at a cost of ₹210 crore. Sufficient land has also been allocated to construct 13 more bungalows, keeping future needs in mind.
Each house has been constructed in the G+1 model, with an area of 7,841 square feet. These houses have been comprehensively designed with office rooms, waiting halls, and other facilities to meet the needs of the judges.
Justice Surya Kant also laid the foundation stone for the Andhra Pradesh Judges' Guest House in Amaravati.
The facility will be constructed on a total area of 6,300 square feet, at an estimated cost of ₹69.40 crore.
The guest house building will have ground plus three floors. According to officials, 20 per cent of the total land area has been allocated for construction, with the remaining 80 per cent allocated for greenery.
The building is located just 1.2 km from the Andhra Pradesh High Court building in Amaravati, and is easily accessible via 25-meter and 50-meter wide roads.
After laying the foundation stone for the guest house, Justice Surya Kant watched a video on the Amaravati capital development works and the construction of the judges' guest house.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, Justice Dheeraj Singh Thakur, Supreme Court Judges JK Maheshwari, PS Narasimha, Prasanth Kumar Mishra, SV N Bhatti, and Joymalya Bagchi also attended the events.
Earlier, Justice Surya Kant laid the foundation stone for the District Courts Complex in Tirupati. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the bar and the bench are not adversaries but two parts of the same institution.
He stated that a strong bar produces strong advocacy, and when there is strong advocacy, it challenges the judges to think harder, reason more carefully, and write more clearly.
He said that the quality of assistance provided by the bar reflects in the overall work of the judge. The better the bar argues, the better the quality of the judgment, and when there is a better-reasoned judgment, public confidence in the rule of law is built, he added.