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Lalitha Kanneganti is currently serving as a permanent judge at the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Early Life and Education
She was born into a Telugu speaking munsif family. Her father, Late K.A. Choudary and grandfather served as Munsif of Jammulapalem Village, Guntur district, India and also a businessman. Her mother, Amareswari is a homemaker. After attending St.Theresa's and Nagarjuna Junior College in Hyderabad she graduated with Bachelor of Arts Degree from Vanitha Mahavidyalaya Nampally Hyderabad in 1991. Thereafter, she obtained Bachelor of Laws Degree from Padala Rama Reddi Law college, Osmania University in 1994. Her stint as a law student saw innumerable accolades for outstanding academic achievements.

Career
She enrolled as an advocate with the bar council of Andhra Pradesh on 28 December 1994 and started a practice in the chambers of Sri M.R.K. Choudary, Sri K.Harinath and Sri O.Manohar Reddy and developed independent practice within a very short span of time. She has 26 years of rich experience in dealing with Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Taxation, Service, Non-Service, Motor Accident Claims and Matrimonial Cases.

During her practice, she was also the Standing Counsel for Agriculture Market Committees, English & Foreign Languages University, Endowments, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam; Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS) and Sanskrit University, Tirupati.

On 02 May 2020, she was appointed as a permanent judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, Nelapadu, Amaravati.

Notable Judgements

 * Covid-19 migrant worker crisis (K. Ramakrishna vs Union of India)
 * Vizag LG polymer gas leak (Suo motu PIL)
 * Suo motu for non compliance of orders on medical examination
 * Decongestion of prisons - Release of all convicts, under trail prisoners on interim bail for 90 days
 * Guidelines for Prompt Transmission of Bail Orders