Allahabad High Court


The Allahabad High Court or the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is a high court based in Prayagraj that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it the fourth high court to be established in India.

History

Allahabad 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 1868 it shifted back to Allahabad. 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 High Court for the North-Western Provinces was shifted from Agra to Allahabad in 1869 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 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, India. 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 Govind Mathur 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 judges.
Judges elevated to the Supreme Court of India-
Sr. NoName of the Judge, JusticeDate of ElevationDate of RetirementParent High Court
1Ashok Bhushan13 May 20164 July 2021Allahabad
2Vineet Saran7 August 201810 May 2022Allahabad
3Krishna Murari23 September 20198 July 2023Allahabad

Judges transferred from the Allahabad High Court-
Sr. No.Name of the Judge, JusticeRecruitmentDate of AppointmentDate of RetirementRemark
1Amreshwar Pratap SahiBAR24 September 200431 December 2020Chief Justice of Patna High Court
2Vikram NathBAR24 September 200423 September 2024Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court
3Ghandikota Sri DeviSERVICE22 November 20189 December 2022Additional Judge of Telangana High Court

Sitting Judges of Allahabad High Court-

Reporting and citation

Private journals that report Allahabad High Court Judgements include
1. Prayagraj Criminal Cases,
2. Prayagraj Law Journal
3. Prayagraj Daily Judgements
4. Prayagraj Civil Journal
5. Prayagraj Weekly Cases
6. Prayagraj Rent Cases
7. Revenue Decisions
8. U.P. Local Bodies and Education Cases
9. Lucknow Civil Decisions
10. Judicial Interpretation on Crimes

High Court Service

The Office staff at High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is broadly divided into four Cadres: