Petitions on ‘three capitals’ infructuous as Amaravati is A.P’s sole capital by law, says High Court

A full Bench of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, led by Chief Justice Lisa Gill and comprising Justices Ninala Jayasurya and B.S. Bhanumathi, observed that the grant of legal sanctity to Amaravati as the sole Capital of Andhra Pradesh through an amendment to the A.P. Reorganisation Act of 2014 rendered the batch of writ petitions challenging the proposed ‘three capitals’, which came up for hearing on September 25, infructuous.

Justice Gill said matters that might still be pending would be examined on November 20, while taking note of the likelihood of the appeals filed in the Supreme Court against the High Court’s ‘Amaravati judgment’ dated March 3, 2022, being heard on November 29.