Justice Konda Madhava Reddy was born on 21 October 1923, to Shri Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy and Tungabhadramma at Sahrajpet in Nalgonda district of State of Andhra Pradesh. His father Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy was a congress leader, revenue minister and Deputy Chief Minister of State of Andhra Pradesh from 1957 thru 1962.
Government High School at Chanderghat, Hyderabad
Bachelors in Political Science and Economics from Nizam College, Hyderabad
Master of Arts Economics, Ferguson College, Pune University
Bachelor of Laws from Bombay University.
Justice Reddy was an eminent personality in Indian judiciary at large and educational, cultural and social organizations in the state of Andhra Pradesh. He hails from a distinguished family of freedom fighters. Justice Reddy among his peers is remembered as a soft-spoken, thoughtful, contemplative, reasonable and fair with an innate sense of justice.
He is often cited as persuasive and thorough with facts and the law.
As a person, he was a complete gentleman, always kind, helpful and unassuming. He was never agitated, never given to fury, eschewed passionate views and brought to any discussion, clarity of thought enabling those around him to take the right decision.
He was an educationist, a scholar and a jurist. Justice Konda Madhava Reddy died on 25 September 1997, after suffering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Judicial Justice Konda Madhava Reddy had a prominent and successful career in Indian judiciary spanning over five decades.
During his career, he held high ranks, to list a few: Pleader of Associated Press High Court (1944) Advocate of Associated Press High Court (1956) Public Prosecutor Associated Press High Court (1967) Judge Associated Press High Court (1968) Commissioner Cuddapah Police Firing (1973) Acting Chief Justice of Associated Press High Court (1982) Chief Justice of Associated Press High Court (1983) Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1983-1985) Acting Governor of State of Maharashtra (1985) Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal (Centre for Alternative Technology) (1985-1988) Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of India (1988-1997) ist Following is a list of various organizations which he led. Some of these were founded by him. Syndicate and Dean of Law at Kakatiya University, Warangal Board Member at Kakatiya University, Warangal Board Member at Osmania University, Hyderabad Board Member at Nagarjuna University, Hyderabad Chairman of Chaitanya Bharati Society Chairman of Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology Chairman of Kuchiudi Art Academy Chairman of Andhra Vidyalaya Society Chairaman of Indira Seva Sadan Trust High School.
Member of Indian Hockey Federation.
