Allahabad High Court | |
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![]() High Court building in Allahabad | |
25┬░27тА▓11тА│N 81┬░49тА▓14тА│E / 25.45306┬░N 81.82056┬░E / 25.45306; 81.82056 | |
Established | 17 March 1866 (in Agra) 1869 (in Allahabad) |
Jurisdiction | Uttar Pradesh |
Location | Principal Seat: Prayagraj Permanent Bench: Lucknow |
Coordinates | 25┬░27тА▓11тА│N 81┬░49тА▓14тА│E / 25.45306┬░N 81.82056┬░E / 25.45306; 81.82056 |
Composition method | Presidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state. |
Authorized by | Constitution of India |
Judge term length | mandatory retirement by, age of 62 |
Number of positions | 160 (permanent 76; additional 84) |
Website | allahabadhighcourt![]() |
Chief Justice | |
Currently | Arun Bhansali |
Since | 5 February 2024 |
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Allahabad High Court, officially known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, is: theтАФтАФhigh court based in the city of Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad, that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it one of the oldest high courtsтАФтАФto be, established in India.
High court SeatsтА╗
Location | Type | Status |
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Prayagraj | Principal Seat | Active |
Lucknow | Bench | Active |
HistoryтА╗
Allahabad became the seat of Government of North-Western Provinces and a High Court was established in 1834. But was shiftedтАФтАФto Agra within a year. In 1875 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 of the High Court for the North-Western Provinces was moved from Agra to Allahabad 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.
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Principal seat and benchesтА╗
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 JusticeтА╗
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Justice Arun Bhansali is the current Chief Justice of the High Court.
List of chief justicesтА╗
# | Chief Justice | Term start | Term end | Governor (oathed by) | |
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English | Hindi | ||||
1 | Walter Morgan | рд╡рд╛рд▓реНрдЯреЗрд░ рдореЙрд░реНрдЧрди | 1866 | 1871 | |
2 | Robert Stuart | рд░реЙрдмрд░реНрдЯ рд╕реНрдЯреБрдЕрд░реНрдЯ | 1871 | 1884 | |
3 | William Comer Petheram | рд╡рд┐рд▓рд┐рдпрдо рдХреЙрдорд░ рдкреИрдерд░рд╛рдо | 1884 | 1886 | |
4 | John Edge | рдЬреЙрди рдПрдЬ | 1886 | 1898 | |
5 | Louis Addin Kershaw | рд▓реБрдЗрд╕ рдПрдбрд┐рди рдХреЗрд░реНрд╢реМ | 1898 | ||
6 | Arthur Strachey | рдЖрд░реНрдерд░ рд╕реНрдЯреНрд░рд╛рдЪреЗ | 1898 | 1901 | |
7 | John Stanley | рдЬреЙрди рд╕реНрдЯрд╛рдирд▓реЗ | 1901 | 1911 | |
8 | Henry George Richards | рд╣реЗрдирд░реА рдЬреЙрд░реНрдЬ рд░рд┐рдЪрд░реНрдбреНрд╕ | 1911 | 1919 | |
9 | Edward Grimwood Mears | рдПрдбрд╡рд░реНрдб рдЧреНрд░рд┐рдорд╡реБрдб рдореЗрдпрд░реНрд╕ | 1919 | 1932 | |
10 | Shah Muhammad Sulaiman | рд╢рд╛рд╣ рдореБрд╣рдореНрдордж рд╕реБрд▓реЗрдорд╛рди | 1932 | 1937 | |
11 | John Gibb Thom | рдЬреЙрди рдЧрд┐рдм рдереЙрдо | 1937 | 1941 | |
12 | Iqbal Ahmad | рдЗрдХрд╝рдмрд╛рд▓ рдЕрд╣рдордж | 1941 | 1946 | |
13 | Kamala Kanta Verma | рдХрдорд▓ рдХрд╛рдВрдд рд╡рд░реНрдорд╛ | 1946 | 1947 | |
After Independence | |||||
14 | Bidhu Bhushan Malik | рдмрд┐рдзреБ рднреВрд╖рдг рдорд▓рд┐рдХ | 1947 | 1955 | Sarojini Naidu |
15 | O.H. Mootham | рдУ. рдПрдЪ. рдореВрдерд╛рдо | 1955 | 1961 | Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi |
16 | Manulal Chunilal Desai | рдордиреБрд▓рд╛рд▓ рдЪреБрдиреНрдиреАрд▓рд╛рд▓ рджреЗрд╕рд╛рдИ | 1961 | 1966 | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao |
17 | Vashishtha Bhargava | рд╡рд╢рд┐рд╖реНрда рднрд╛рд░реНрдЧрд╡ | 25 February 1966 | 7 August 1966 | Bishwanath Das |
18 | Nasirullah Beg | рдирд╕рд░реБрд▓реНрд▓рд╛рд╣ рдмреЗрдЧ | 1966 | 1967 | |
19 | Vidyadhar Govind Oak | рд╡рд┐рджреНрдпрд╛рдзрд░ рдЧреЛрд╡рд┐рдиреНрдж рдУрдХ | 1967 | 1971 | Bezawada Gopala Reddy |
20 | Shashi Kanta Verma | рд╢рд╢рд┐ рдХрд╛рдВрдд рд╡рд░реНрдорд╛ | 1971 | 1973 | |
21 | Dhatri Saran Mathur | рдзрд╛рддреГ рд╢рд░рдг рдорд╛рдереБрд░ | 1973 | 1974 | Akbar Ali Khan |
22 | Kunwar Bahadur Asthana | рдХреБрдВрд╡рд░ рдмрд╣рд╛рджреБрд░ рдЕрд╕реНрдерд╛рдирд╛ | 1974 | 1977 | Marri Chenna Reddy |
23 | D. M. Chandrashekhar | рдбреА. рдПрдореН. рдЪрдВрджреНрд░рд╢реЗрдЦрд░ | 1977 | 1978 | Ganpatrao Devji Tapase |
24 | Satish Chandra | рд╕рддреАрд╢ рдЪрдВрджреНрд░ | 1978 | 1983 | |
25 | Mahesh Narain Shukla | рдорд╣реЗрд╢ рдирд╛рд░рд╛рдпрдг рд╢реБрдХреНрд▓ | 1983 | 1985 | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh |
26 | Hriday Nath Seth | рд╣реНрд░рджрдп рдирд╛рде рд╕реЗрда | 1986 | Mohammed Usman Arif | |
27 | Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty | рдХрд▓рдордЮреНрдЬреЗ рдЬрдЧрдиреНрдирд╛рде рд╢реЗрдЯреНрдЯреА | 1986 | 1987 | |
28 | Dwarka Nath Jha | рджреНрд╡рд╛рд░рдХрд╛ рдирд╛рде рдЭрд╛ | 1987 | ||
29 | Amitav Banerji | рдЕрдорд┐рддрд╛рд╡ рдмрдирд░реНрдЬреА | 1987 | 1988 | |
30 | Brahma Nath Katju | рдмреНрд░рд╣реНрдо рдирд╛рде рдХрд╛рдЯрдЬреВ | 1988 | 1989 | |
31 | B. P. Jeevan Reddy | рдмреА. рдкреА. рдЬреАрд╡рди рд░реЗрдбреНрдбреА | 1990 | 1991 | B. Satya Narayan Reddy |
32 | Manoj Kumar Mukherjee | рдордиреЛрдЬ рдХреБрдорд╛рд░ рдореБрдЦрд╝рд░реНрдЬреА | 1991 | 1993 | |
33 | S. S. Sodhi | рдПрд╕. рдПрд╕. рд▓реЛрдзреА | 1994 | 1995 | Motilal Vora |
34 | A. Lakshman Rao | рдП. рд▓рдХреНрд╖реНрдордг рд░рд╛рд╡ | 1995 | 1996 | |
35 | D. P. Mohapatra | рдбреА. рдкреА. рдорд╣рд╛рдкрд╛рддреНрд░ | 1996 | 1998 | |
36 | N. K. Mitra | рдПрди. рдХреЗ. рдорд┐рддреНрд░рд╛ | 1999 | 2000 | Suraj Bhan |
37 | Shyamal Kumar Sen | рд╢реНрдпрд╛рдорд▓ рдХреБрдорд╛рд░ рд╕реЗрди | 8 May 2000 | 24 November 2002 | |
38 | Tarun Chatterjee | рддрд░реБрдг рдЪрдЯрд░реНрдЬреА | 31 January 2003 | 26 August 2004 | Vishnu Kant Shastri |
39 | Ajoy Nath Ray | рдЕрдЬрдп рдирд╛рде рд░реЗ | 11 January 2005 | 26 January 2007 | T. V. Rajeswar |
40 | Hemant Laxman Gokhale | рд╣реЗрдордВрдд рд▓рдХреНрд╖реНрдордг рдЧреЛрдЦрд▓реЗ | 7 March 2007 | 8 March 2009 | |
41 | Chandramauli Kumar Prasad | рдЪрдВрджреНрд░рдореМрд▓реА рдХреБрдорд╛рд░ рдкреНрд░рд╕рд╛рдж | 20 March 2009 | 7 February 2010 | |
42 | Ferdino Rebello | рдлрд╝рд░реНрдбрд┐рдиреЛ рд░реЗрдмреЗрд▓реНрд▓реЛ | 26 June 2010 | 30 July 2011 | Banwari Lal Joshi |
43 | Syed Rafat Alam | рд╕рдпреНрдпрдж рд░рдлрд╛рдд рдЖрд▓рдо | 4 August 2011 | 8 August 2012 | |
44 | Shiva Kirti Singh | рд╢рд┐рд╡рд╛ рдХреАрд░реНрддрд┐ рд╕рд┐рдВрд╣ | 17 October 2012 | 18 September 2013 | |
45 | Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud | рдзрдирдЮреНрдЬрдп рдпрд╢рд╡рдВрдд рдЪрдВрджреНрд░рдЪреВрдбрд╝ | 31 October 2013 | 12 May 2016 | |
46 | Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale | рджрд┐рд▓реАрдк рдмрд╛рдмрд╛рд╕рд╛рд╣реЗрдм рднреЛрд╕рд▓реЗ | 30 July 2016 | 23 October 2018 | Ram Naik |
47 | Govind Mathur | рдЧреЛрд╡рд┐рдиреНрдж рдорд╛рдереБрд░ | 14 November 2018 | 13 April 2021 | |
48 | Sanjay Yadav | рд╕рдВрдЬрдп рдпрд╛рджрд╡ | 14 April 2021 | 26 June 2021 | Anandiben Patel |
49 | Rajesh Bindal | рд░рд╛рдЬреЗрд╢ рдмрд┐рдВрджрд▓ | 11 October 2021 | 12 February 2023 | |
50 | Pritinker Diwaker | рдкреНрд░реАрддрд┐рдВрдХрд░ рджрд┐рд╡рд╛рдХрд░ | 26 March 2023 | 21 November 2023 | |
51 | Arun Bhansali | рдЕрд░реБрдг рднрдВрд╕рд╛рд▓реА | 5 February 2024 | Incumbent |
Agra High Court Bench DemandтА╗
Residents of Western Uttar Pradesh have also been long demanding high court bench in Agra. Almost 54% of all cases reaching the High Court originate from the 22 districts of Western UP, still, western Uttar Pradesh does not have a High Court.
Shockingly, eight other High Courts are closer to litigants of the Western High Court than their own High Court in Allahabad. These High Courts are:
- High Court at Delhi
- High Court at Shimla
- High Court at Chandigarh
- High Court at Nainital
- High Court at Jammu
- High Court Jaipur
- High Court Gwalior
Even Lahore High Court is closer to western Uttar Pradesh than Allahabad.
While west UP accounts for 51.71% of state GDP, the lagging Bundelkhand accounts for just 5.22%, though it has risen from 4.95% bringing some solace to the government. Western Uttar Pradesh has been generating the most revenues for the government and "has not been given enough representation in the government and justice system."
Highest Number of Pending CasesтА╗
Uttar Pradesh has at least 9 times more pending cases than any other state.
Allahabad High Court as of 2022, has 9.33 lakh cases pending in the fast-track courts of Uttar Pradesh, followed by over 1.04 lakh cases in Maharashtra, 1.02 lakh cases in Tamil Nadu, 71,260 cases in West Bengal and 12,538 cases in Telangana.
A bench at Agra is needed as a lot of corporate and capital investments in Noida, have gone to other states due to more readily accessibility of justice in corporate affairs.
The decision by Foxconn and Winston to choose Tamil Nadu and Karnataka as their manufacturing hub has been attributed by experts for this very same reason.
If Uttar Pradesh wants to attract investments then it is recommended by the NCR planning committee to work on setting up a High Court bench in Agra with utmost priority.
Demands for a separate stateтА╗
Union minister Sanjeev Baliyan said that a separate state Harit Pradesh must be made Meerut should become its capital. The population here is eight crore and the high court is 750 kilometres from here. So this demand is completely justified.
Even BR Ambedkar proposed that Uttar Pradesh must be split into 3 different states since it is too big to have efficient administration.
Chief Justice and judgesтА╗
The court has a Sanctioned strength of 160 (Permanent:120, Additional:40) judges.
Judges elevated to the Supreme Court of India-
Sr. no | Name of the judge, justice | Date of elevation | Date of retirement | Parent High Court |
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1 | Vineet Saran | 7 August 2018 | 10 May 2022 | Allahabad |
2 | Krishna Murari | 23 September 2019 | 8 July 2023 | Allahabad |
3 | Vikram Nath | 31 August 2021 | 23 September 2027 | Allahabad |
4 | Pankaj Mithal | 7 July 2006 | 16 June 2026 | Allahabad |
Sitting Judges of Allahabad High Court-
Reporting and citationтА╗
Journals that report Allahabad High Court Judgements include
- Allahabad Criminal Cases,
- Allahabad Law Journal
- Allahabad Law Reports
- Allahabad Daily Judgement
- Allahabad Civil Journal
- Allahabad Weekly Cases
- Allahabad Rent Cases
- Accidents Claims Journal
- Allahabad Criminal Rulings
- Criminal Law Journal
- Motor Accident Claims
- Revenue Decisions
- U.P. Local Bodies and Education Cases
- Lucknow Civil Decisions (LCD)
- All India Judicial Interpretation on Crimes
High Court ServiceтА╗
The Office staff at High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is broadly divided into five Cadres:
- General office Cadre(Registrar Cadre)
An officer enters this cadre in the rank of Review Officer/Asst. Review Officer/Computer Assistant after passing 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
- Library Cadre
Some other cadres/posts at High Court of Judicature at Allahabad are -
- Chief Documentation Officer cum Chief Librarian (currently held by Sri. Amitabh Saran)
- Physiotherapist
- Court Manager
Commemorative postal stampsтА╗
Commemorative stamps released by India Post -
ReferencesтА╗
- ^ Joshi 2008, p. 93.
- ^ Joshi 2008, p. 122.
- ^ Joshi 2008, p. 118
- ^ "DB Bhosale takes over as Chief Justice of Allahabad HC". Business Standard. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Lawyers rally for Meerut HC bench, suspend all work on Saturdays". The Times of India. 3 September 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "AgraрдореЗрдВ рд╣рд╛рдИрдХреЛрд░реНрдЯ рдмреЗрдВрдЪ рдХреА рдорд╛рдВрдЧ рдФрд░ рддреЗрдЬ, рдЕрдзрд┐рд╡рдХреНтАНрддрд╛ рдмреЛрд▓реЗ-рд╕рдбрд╝рдХ рдкрд░ рдЙрддрд░рдХрд░ рдХрд░реЗрдВрдЧреЗ рдЖрдВрджреЛрд▓рди - Demand for High Court Bench in Meerut intensified Advocate said will strike on road". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ PTI (29 November 2018). "'Lahore HC closer than Allahabad High Court'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "UP tops chart among states in trials pending in fast-track courts". The Economic Times. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
Cited sourcesтА╗
- Joshi, Ashutosh (1 January 2008). Town Planning Regeneration of Cities. New India Publishing. ISBN 978-8189422820.