Allahabad High Court
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Allahabad High Court
| Allahabad High Court | |
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| Established | 1950 |
| Jurisdiction | India |
| Location | Allahabad |
| 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 | Till 62 years of age |
| Number of positions | 160 |
| Website | http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/ |
| Chief Justice | |
| Currently | Syed Rafat Alam |
| Since | 2010 |
| Lead position ends | 2012 |
 State Emblem |
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| Seat of Government | Lucknow |
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| Executive | |
| Governor | Banwari Lal Joshi[1] |
| Chief Minister | Mayawati[2] |
| Deputy Chief Minister | None |
| Legislature | |
| Speaker | Sukhdeo Rajbhar[3] |
| Deputy Speaker | None |
| Members in Assembly | 404 |
| Council | Vidhan Parishad |
| Chairman | Ganesh Shankar Pandey[4] |
| Deputy Chairman | None |
| Members in Council | 108 |
| Judiciary | |
| High Court | Allahabad High Court at Allahabad & Lucknow |
| Chief Justice | Justice Ferdino Inacio Rebello (CJ) [5] |
| http://www.upgov.nic.in/ | |
The Allahabad High Court (Hindi: इलाहाबाद उच्च न्यायालय) or the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is a high court having jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh since 1950. It was one of the first high courts to be established in India.
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History
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 of 1861 replacing the Sadr Diwani Adalat. Sir Walter Morgan, Barrister-at-Law was appointed the first Chief Justice of the High Court of North-Western Provinces.
The location was shifted 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 sanction of the Governor General.
On February 25, 1948, the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed a resolution requesting the Governor to submit to the Governor General the request of the Assembly to the effect that the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad and the Oudh Chief Court be amalgamated. Consequently, the Chief Court of Oudh was amalgamated with the High Court of Allahabad.
When the state of Uttaranchal 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.
The seat and benches
The seat of the court is at Allahabad. It has a permanent bench at Lucknow. The bench consists three highly qualified ex-officio jurists, the administrative capital of the state.
Its maximum number of sanctioned judges is 160, the highest in India.
Chief Justice
The present Chief Justice is Hon'ble Shri Justice Syed Rafat Alam. He assumed the charge on 05 August 2011.[6]
Former Chief Justices
| # | Chief Justice | Term |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Morgan | 1866–1871 |
| 2 | Robert Stuart | 1871–1884 |
| 3 | William Comer | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Acting | Amitava Lala | 8 February 2010-25 June 2010 |
| 42 | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ferdino Inacio Rebello | 26 June 2010-30 July 2011 |
| Acting | Amitava Lala | 31 July 2011-4 August 2011 |
Notes
- ^ List of Governors @ U.P. Legislative Assembly website
- ^ List of Chief Ministers @ U.P. Legislative Assembly website
- ^ List of Speakers of Legislative Assembly @ U.P. Legislative Assembly website
- ^ List of Chairmen of Legislative Council @ U.P. Legislative Assembly website
- ^ Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
- ^ "Chief Justice Syed Rafat Alam takes oath". The Times of India. August 5, 2011. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-05/allahabad/29854073_1_oath-taking-ceremony-judicial-officers-chief-justice. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
References
External links
- Official website
- eLegalix - Allahabad High Court Judgment Information System
- http://india.gov.in/outerwin.php?id=http://goidirectory.nic.in/
- http://goidirectory.nic.in/judi.htm#hc
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Coordinates: 25°27′11″N 81°49′14″E / 25.45306°N 81.82056°E
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