Government of Uttar Pradesh

State Emblem
Seat of Government	Lucknow
Executive
Governor	T. V. Rajeswar[1]
Chief Minister	Mayawati[2]
Deputy Chief Minister	None
Legislature
Assembly	Vidhan Sabha
Speaker	Sukhdeo Rajbhar[3]
Deputy Speaker	None
Members in Assembly	404
Council	Vidhan Parishad
Chairman	Sukhram Yadav[4]
Deputy Chairman	None
Members in Council	108
Judiciary
High Court	Allahabad High Court at Allahabad & Lucknow
Chief Justice	Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad (CJ) [5]
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The Allahabad High Court (Hindi: इलाहाबाद उच्च न्यायालय) 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Present 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

It was originally founded as the High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces at Agra on March 17, 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 High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.

On November 2, 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 U.P. Legislature with the sanction of the Governor General.

In 1948, 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.

[edit] Present

A bench of the court is present in Lucknow, the administrative capital of the state.

Its maximum number of sanctioned judges is 160, the highest in India.

[edit] References

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

[edit] 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

High Courts of India

Allahabad High Court • Andhra Pradesh High Court • Bombay High Court • Calcutta High Court • Chhattisgarh High Court • Delhi High Court • Gujarat High Court • Guwahati High Court • Himachal Pradesh High Court • Jammu and Kashmir High Court • Jharkhand High Court • Karnataka High Court • Kerala High Court • Madhya Pradesh High Court • Madras High Court • Orissa High Court • Patna High Court • Punjab and Haryana High Court • Rajasthan High Court • Sikkim High Court • Uttarakhand High Court

Coordinates: 25°27′11″N 81°49′14″E / 25.45306°N 81.82056°E / 25.45306; 81.82056