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Allahabad High Court
High Court building in Allahabad
Interactive map of Allahabad High Court
25°27′11″N81°49′14″E / 25.45306°N 81.82056°E /25.45306; 81.82056
Established	17 March 1866 (inAgra) 1869 (in Allahabad)
Jurisdiction	Uttar Pradesh
Location	Principal Seat:Prayagraj Permanent Bench:Lucknow
Coordinates	25°27′11″N81°49′14″E / 25.45306°N 81.82056°E /25.45306; 81.82056
Composition method	Presidential withconfirmation ofChief Justice of India andGovernor of respective state.
Authorised by	Constitution of India
Judge term length	mandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions	160 (permanent 76; additional 84)
Website	allahabadhighcourt.in
Chief Justice
Currently	Arun Bhansali
Since	5 February 2024

Allahabad High Court, officially known asHigh Court of Judicature at Allahabad, is thehigh court based in the city ofPrayagraj, formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, that has jurisdiction over the Indian state ofUttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it one of the oldest high courts to be established inIndia.

Allahabad became the seat of Government ofNorth-Western Provinces and a High Court was established in 1834 but was shifted toAgra within a year.^[1] In 1875 it shifted back to Allahabad.^[2][3] The former High Court was located at the Accountant General's office at theUniversity of Allahabad complex.^[3]

It was founded as the High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces at Agra on 17 March 1866 by theIndian High Courts Act 1861 replacing the oldSadr 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 toAllahabad in 1875 and the name was correspondingly changed to theHigh 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 atLucknow by the Oudh Civil Courts Act of 1925, enacted by the United Provinces Legislature with the previous sanction of theGovernor General and the passing of this Act.

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

Until 2000, what is now calledUttarakhand was part of Uttar Pradesh, and was therefore subject to the jurisdiction of Allahabad High Court. When the new state was created, Allahabad High Court ceased to have jurisdiction over the districts in it. TheUttarakhand High Court was established on 9 November 2000 with jurisdiction over the new state.

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

JusticeArun Bhansali is the currentChief Justice of the High Court.

Residents of Western Uttar Pradesh have also been long demanding a high court bench inMeerut. 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 bench.^[5] Eight other High Courts are closer to litigants of West Uttar Pradesh than their own High Court in Prayagraj; 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

EvenLahore High Court is closer to western Uttar Pradesh than Allahabad High Court.^[6][7]

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 Meerut 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 byFoxconn 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 Meerut with utmost priority.^[8]

The court has a Sanctioned strength of160 (120 permanent, 40 additional) judges.

Sitting Judges of Allahabad High Court

Journals that report Allahabad High Court Judgements include

1. Allahabad Criminal Cases,
2. Allahabad Law Journal
3. Allahabad Law Reports
4. Allahabad Daily Judgement
5. Allahabad Civil Journal
6. Allahabad Weekly Cases
7. Allahabad Rent Cases
8. Accidents Claims Journal
9. Allahabad Criminal Rulings
10. Criminal Law Journal
11. Motor Accident Claims
12. Revenue Decisions
13. U.P. Local Bodies and Education Cases
14. Lucknow Civil Decisions (LCD)
15. All India Judicial Interpretation on Crimes

The Registry 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 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
• 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 stamps released byIndia Post -

1966

2016

2016

#	Name of the Judge	Image	Date of Appointment as Judge	Date of elevation to Supreme Court	Date of Retirement	Tenure			Immediately preceding office
						As HC Judge	As Supreme Court Judge	Total tenure(including both SC and HC)
1	Vikram Nath		24 September 2004	31 August 2021	23 September 2027	16 years, 340 days	6 years, 24 days	23 years, 0 days	25thCJ of Gujarat HC
2	Pankaj Mithal		7 July 2006	6 February 2023	16 June 2026	16 years, 213 days	3 years, 131 days	19 years, 345 days	40th CJ ofRajasthan HC
3	Manoj Misra		21 November 2011	6 February 2023	1 June 2030	11 years, 76 days	7 years, 116 days	18 years, 193 days	Judge of Allahabad HC

#	Name of the Judge	Image	Date of Appointment as Judge	Date of elevation to Supreme Court	Date of Retirement	Tenure			Immediately preceding office	Remarks
						As HC Judge	As Supreme Court Judge	Total tenure(including both SC and HC)
1	Ghulam Hasan		25 July 1948	8 September 1952	5 November 1954	2 years, 344 days	2 years, 59 days	5 years, 38 days	Elevated after retirement as HC judge on3 July 1951	Died in office
2	Kailas Nath Wanchoo		17 February 1947	11 August 1958	24 February 1968	11 years, 175 days	9 years, 198 days	21 years, 8 days	2nd CJ ofRajasthan HC	10th Chief Justice of India
3	Raghubar Dayal		22 July 1946	27 July 1960	25 October 1965	14 years, 5 days	5 years, 91 days	19 years, 96 days	Judge of Allahabad HC
4	Vashishtha Bhargava		1 August 1949	8 August 1966	4 February 1971	17 years, 7 days	4 years, 181 days	21 years, 188 days	17th CJ of Allahabad HC
5	Mirza Hameedullah Beg		11 June 1963	10 December 1971	21 February 1978	8 years, 182 days	6 years, 74 days	14 years, 256 days	1st CJ ofHimachal Pradesh HC	15th Chief Justice of India
6	Surendra Narayan Dwivedi		12 May 1959	14 August 1972	8 December 1974	13 years, 94 days	2 years, 117 days	15 years, 211 days	Judge of Allahabad HC	Died in office
7	Raghunandan Swarup Pathak		1 October 1962	20 February 1978	18 June 1989	15 years, 142 days	11 years, 119 days	26 years, 261 days	2nd CJ ofHimachal Pradesh HC	18th Chief Justice of India
8	Ram Briksha Misra		3 January 1968	30 January 1981	15 June 1986	13 years, 27 days	5 years, 137 days	18 years, 164 days	Judge of Allahabad HC
9	Kamal Narain Singh		25 August 1970	10 March 1986	12 December 1991	15 years, 197 days	5 years, 278 days	21 years, 110 days	Judge of Allahabad HC	22nd Chief Justice of India
10	Narayan Dutta Ojha		3 September 1971	18 January 1988	18 January 1991	16 years, 139 days	3 years, 1 day	19 years, 138 days	11th CJ ofMadhya Pradesh HC
11	Ram Manohar Sahai		27 January 1976	11 January 1990	24 June 1995	13 years, 349 days	5 years, 165 days	19 years, 149 days	Judge of Allahabad HC
12	Saiyed Saghir Ahmad		2 November 1981	6 March 1995	30 June 2000	13 years, 124 days	5 years, 117 days	18 years, 242 days	17th CJ ofJammu & Kashmir HC
13	Vishweshwar Nath Khare		25 June 1983	21 March 1997	1 May 2004	13 years, 269 days	7 years, 42 days	21 years, 38 days	29th CJ ofCalcutta HC	33rd Chief Justice of India
14	Ajay Prakash Misra		24 May 1984	4 December 1997	31 August 2001	13 years, 194 days	3 years, 271 days	17 years, 100 days	18th CJ ofDelhi HC
15	Brijesh Kumar		24 May 1984	19 October 2000	9 June 2004	16 years, 148 days	3 years, 235 days	20 years, 17 days	25th CJ ofGauhati HC
16	Govind Prasad Mathur		6 July 1990	20 December 2002	19 January 2008	12 years, 167 days	5 years, 31 days	17 years, 198 days	Judge of Allahabad HC
17	Markandey Katju		30 November 1991	10 April 2006	19 September 2011	14 years, 131 days	5 years, 163 days	19 years, 294 days	23rd CJ ofDelhi HC
18	Balbir Singh Chauhan		5 April 1995	11 May 2009	1 July 2014	14 years, 36 days	5 years, 52 days	19 years, 88 days	22nd CJ ofOrissa HC
19	Rajesh Kumar Agrawal		5 February 1999	17 February 2014	4 May 2018	15 years, 12 days	4 years, 77 days	19 years, 89 days	37th CJ ofMadras HC
20	Ashok Bhushan		24 April 2001	13 May 2016	4 July 2021	15 years, 19 days	5 years, 53 days	20 years, 72 days	31st CJ ofKerala HC
21	Vineet Saran		14 February 2002	7 August 2018	10 May 2022	16 years, 174 days	3 years, 277 days	20 years, 86 days	29th CJ ofOrissa HC
22	Krishna Murari		7 January 2004	23 September 2019	8 July 2023	15 years, 259 days	3 years, 289 days	19 years, 183 days	34th CJ ofPunjab & Haryana HC

• Joshi, Ashutosh (1 January 2008).Town Planning Regeneration of Cities. New India Publishing.ISBN 978-8189422820.

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