Chinnappa Reddy was born on 25 September 1922 at
Gooty in a 5th generation
Roman Catholic family in
Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. He did his schooling at London Mission High School, Gooty and higher education at
Loyola College and
Madras Law College. He became permanent judge in 1967 at
Andhra Pradesh High Court after serving as a lawyer for two decades. He was elevated to the Supreme Court in 1978 and retired in 1987. He died in 2013. == References ==