Gopal Rao Ekbote

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| office = Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court

| termstart = 1972

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| successor = S. Obul Reddi

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Justice Gopal Rao Ekbote (1 June 1912 - 4 June 1994) was Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.{{Cite web |url=http://hc.ap.nic.in/aphc/grej.html |title=Profile of Honorable Justice Gopal Rao Ekbote in Andhra Pradesh High Court. |access-date=20 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317050525/http://hc.ap.nic.in/aphc/grej.html |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}

Early life and education

He was born on 1 June 1912. He was educated at the Osmania University.

Career

In the 1952 elections, he was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly from Chaderghat.{{Cite web |last=Sameer |date=2018-10-25 |title=Turn the pages of history: Meet prominent members of "first Assembly" of Hyderabad State |url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/turn-pages-history-meet-prominent-members-first-assembly-hyderabad-state-1423988/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=The Siasat Daily – Archive |language=en-US}}

He was appointed Additional Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court for a period of two years with effect from 7 June 1962 and Permanent Judge from 12 February 1964. He was appointed Chief Justice of A.P. with effect from 1 April 1972 and retired on 1 June 1974.

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