Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court
High Court Building
Established	1869 in Allahabad 1866 in Agra
Country	India
Location	Allahabad, U.P. (Principal Seat) Lucknow (circuit bench)
Coordinates	25°27′11″N 81°49′14″E / 25.45306°N 81.82056°ECoordinates: 25°27′11″N 81°49′14″E / 25.45306°N 81.82056°E
Composition method	Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorized by	Constitution of India
Decisions are appealed to	Supreme Court of India
Judge term length	mandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions	160
Website	www.allahabadhighcourt.in
Chief Justice
Currently	Hon'ble Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Since	31 October 2013

The Allahabad High Court or the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is a high court based in Allahabad that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1869, making it one of the first high courts 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.^[1] In 1868 it shifted back to Allahabad.^[2][3] The former High Court was located at the Accountant General's office at the University of Allahabad complex.^[3]

It was originally 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 Allahabad. 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

The Chief Justice is Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud. He was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court on 31 October 2013. He previously served as a sitting judge of the Bombay High Court.^[4]

List of Chief Justices

#	Chief Justice	Term
1	Walter Morgan	1866–1871
2	Robert Stuart	1871–1884
3	William Comer Petheram	1884–1886
4	John Edge	1886–1898
5	Louis Addin Kershaw	1898
6	Arthur Strachey	1898–1901
7	John Stanley	1901–1911
8	Henry Richards	1911–1919
9	Edward Grimwood Mears	1919–1932
10	Shah Muhammad Sulaiman	1932–1937
11	John Gibb Thom	1937–1941
12	Iqbal Ahmad	1941–1946
13	Kamala Kanta Verma	1946–1947
14	Bidhu Bhushan Malik	1947–1955
15	O.H. Mootham	1955–1961
16	Manulal Chunilal Desai	1961–1966
17	Vashishtha Bhargava	25 February 1966 – 7 August 1966
18	Nasirullah Beg	1966–1967
19	Vidyadhar Govind Oak	1967–1971
20	Shashi Kanta Verma	1971–1973
21	Dhatri Saran Mathur	1973–1974
22	Kunwar Bahadur Asthana	1974–1977
23	D. M. Chandrashekhar	1977–1978
24	Satish Chandra	1978–1983
25	Mahesh Narain Shukla	1983–1985
26	Hriday Nath Seth	1986
27	Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty	1986–1987
28	Dwarka Nath Jha	1987
29	Amitav Banerji	1987–1988
30	Brahma Nath Katju	1988–1989
31	B. P. Jeevan Reddy	1990–1991
32	M. K. Mukherjee	1991–1993
33	S. S. Sodhi	1994–1995
34	A. Lakshman Rao	1995–1996
35	D. P. Mohapatra	1996–1998
36	N. K. Mitra	1999–2000
37	Shyamal Kumar Sen	8 May 2000 – 24 November 2002
38	Tarun Chatterjee	31 January 2003 – 26 August 2004
39	Ajoy Nath Ray	11 January 2005 – 26 January 2007
40	Hemant Laxman Gokhale	7 March 2007 – 8 March 2009
41	Chandramauli Kumar Prasad	20 March 2009 – 7 February 2010
42	Ferdino Inacio Rebello	26 June 2010 – 30 July 2011
43	Syed Rafat Alam	4 August 2011 – 8 August 2012
44	Shiva Kirti Singh	17 October 2012 – 18 September 2013
45	Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud	31 October 2013 – present

Reporting and citation

Private journals that report Allahabad High Court Judgements include Allahabad Criminal Cases, Allahabad Law Journal and Lucknow Law Times.

Notes

1. Ashutosh Joshi (1 January 2008). Town Planning Regeneration of Cities. New India Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 8189422820.
2. Ashutosh Joshi (1 January 2008). Town Planning Regeneration of Cities. New India Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 8189422820.
3. Ashutosh Joshi (1 January 2008). Town Planning Regeneration of Cities. New India Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 8189422820.
4. "Hon'ble Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud (CJ)". Allahabadhighcourt.in. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

References

• Jurisdiction and Seats of Indian High Courts
• Judge strength in High Courts increased

External links

• Official website
• Allahabad High Court Stenographer Group D Exam Result
• History of Allahabad High Court
• President to visit Uttar Pradesh on Sunday