Agra High Court

Allahabad High Court, also known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is the high court based in Prayagraj that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it one of the oldest high courts to be established in India.

History

Prayagraj became the seat of Government of North-Western Provinces and a High Court was established in 1834 but was shifted to Agra within a year. In 1875 it shifted back to Prayagraj. The former High Court was located at the Accountant General's office at the University of Allahabad complex.

It was founded as the High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces at Agra on 17 March 1866 by the Indian High Courts Act 1861 replacing the old Sadr Diwani Adalat. Sir Walter Morgan, Barrister-at-Law and Mr. Simpson were appointed the first Chief Justice and the first Registrar respectively of the High Court of North-Western Provinces.

The location of the High Court for the North-Western Provinces was shifted from Agra to Prayagraj in 1875 and the name was correspondingly changed to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad from 11 March 1919.

On 2 November 1925, the Oudh Judicial Commissioner's Court was replaced by the Oudh Chief Court at Lucknow by the Oudh Civil Courts Act of 1925, enacted by the United Provinces Legislature with the previous sanction of the Governor General and the passing of this Act.

On 25 February 1948, the Chief Court of Oudh was amalgamated with the High Court of Allahabad.

When the state of Uttaranchal, now known as Uttarakhand, was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in 2000, this high court ceased to have jurisdiction over the districts falling in Uttaranchal.

Allahabad High Court was built by Khan Saheb Nizamuddin of Loha Mundi, Agra. He also donated the water fountain to the High Court.

Principal seat and benches

The seat of the court is at Prayagraj. Allahabad High Court maintains a permanent circuit bench at Lucknow, the administrative capital of the state. The maximum number of serving judges is 160, the highest in India.

Chief Justice

Justice Rajesh Bindal is the current Chief Justice of the High Court.

List of Chief Justices

The Chief Justice and the Judges

The court has a Sanctioned strength of 160 (Permanent:120, Additional:40) judges.

Judges elevated to the Supreme Court of India-

Judges transferred from the Allahabad High Court-

Sitting Judges of Allahabad High Court-

Reporting and citation

Private journals that report Allahabad High Court Judgements include

Allahabad Criminal Cases

# Allahabad Law Journal
#
Allahabad Daily Judgement
# Allahabad Civil Journal
# Allahabad Weekly Cases
# Allahabad Rent Cases
# Revenue Decisions
# U.P. Local Bodies and Education Cases
# Lucknow Civil Decisions (LCD)
# Judicial Interpretation on Crimes (JIC)

High Court Service

The Office staff at High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is broadly divided into four Cadres:
* General office Cadre(Registrar Cadre)
An officer enters this cadre in the rank of Review Officer/Asst. Review Officer after passing a competitive exam and rises up through successive promotions on S.O./Asst./Deputy/Joint Registrar to reach the post of Registrar.
* Bench Secretary Cadre
* Private Secretary Cadre
* Computer Cadre

Commemorative Postal Stamps

Commemorative stamps released by India Post -

References

Cited sources

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External links

Official website

{{Uttar Pradesh

Advocate General Uttar Pradesh
Courts and tribunals established in 1866
1866 establishments in India