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Revision as of 07:47, 4 October 2010
Template:Government of Uttar Pradesh 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.
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.
The seat and benches
The seat of the court is at Allahabad. It has a permanent bench at Lucknow, 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 Justice Ferdino Inacio Rebello. He assumed the charge on 26 June 2010.[1]
Former Chief Justices
# | Chief Justice | Term |
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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 |
Notes
- ^ "Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ferdino Inacio Rebello (CJ)". High Court of Judicature at Allahabad website. Retrieved 30 September 2010.