PART I EXTRAORDINARY
No.265 AMARAVATI, TUESDAY , APRIL 3, 2018 G.18 NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
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LAW DEPARTMENT
(L, LA & J-HOME-COURTS-A)
SPECIAL COURTS - SPECIFYING THE JURISDICTION OF TWO COMMERCIAL COURTS SANCTIONED, AT VIJAYAWADA AND VISAKHAPATNAM.
[G.O.Rt.No. 251, Law (L, LA & J-Home-Courts-A), 3rd April, 2018.]
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 3 of the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act, 2015, (No. 4 of 2016), and in partial modification of the earlier Notification issued in G.O. Ms. No. 74, Home (Courts A) Department, Dated: .10-6-2016, and published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette Part-II Extraordinary No. 268, Dated: 10-6-2016, the Government of Andhra Pradesh, in consultation with the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh, hereby notify that two (2) Special Courts i.e., "Commercial Courts", in the cadre of Sessions Judge one each at Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada in Krishna District as sanctioned vide G.O. Ms. No. 27, Home (Courts A) Department, Dated: 1-3-2017 and G.O. Ms. No. 168, Finance (HR. II) Department, Dated: 21-9-2017 in their respective Districts, shall have and exercise jurisdiction only over the limits of Municipal Corporation areas of Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada, respectively, for trial and disposal of Commercial Disputes.
DUPPALA VENKATA RAMANA, Secretary to Government, Legal, Legislative Affairs & Justice.