The Allahabad High Court or the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is a high court based in Allahabad that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1869, making it one of the first high courts to be established in India.
History
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Allahabad became the seat of Government of North-Western Provinces and a High Court was established in 1834 but was shifted to Agra within a year. In 1868 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 High Court for the North-Western Provinces was shifted from Agra 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 previous sanction of the Governor General 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. Allahabad High court was built by Khan saheb Nizamuddin of Loha Mundi, Agra, India. He also donated the water fountain to the High court.
Principal seat and benches
The seat of the court is at Allahabad. 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 Justice
Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale is the Chief Justice of the Court.
List of Chief Justices
Reporting and citation
Private journals that report Allahabad High Court Judgements include 1. Allahabad Criminal Cases, 2. Allahabad Law Journal 3. Allahabad Daily Judgements 4. Allahabad Civil Journal 5. Allahabad Weekly Cases 6. Allahabad Rent Cases 7. Revenue Decisions 8. U.P. Local Bodies and Education Cases 9. Lucknow Civil Decisions (LCD) 10. Judicial Interpretation on Crimes (JIC)
High Court Service
The Office staff at High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is broadly divided into four Cadres:
- General office Cadre
- BS Cadre
- PS Cadre
- Computer Cadre.
General Office cadre is the nodal cadre for handling all the administrative and judicial work in the hon'ble court and ensuring judicial work is carried out in a streamlined and time-bound manner.
BS (Bench Secretary) and PS (Private Secretary) cadres are specialised cadres and are attached to hon'ble judges to assist them in judicial proceedings and other miscellaneous work.
(Organizational structure)
It consists of the officers and officials of Registry with the following hierarchy.
The apex two posts Registrar General and Senior Registrar are reserved for HJS(Higher Judicial Service) officers and both the posts are filled up from amongst one of the senior most HJS officers.
Designation / Grade Pay/ Group
11) Registrar General / A
10) Senior Registrar / A
General Office Cadre
Gazetted Officers
9) Registrar / 8900(Level 13A) / A
8)Joint Registrar / 8700(Level 13) / A
7)Deputy Registrar / 7600(Level 12) / A
6)Assistant Registrar / 6600(Level 11) / A
5) Section Officer / 5400(Level 10) / B
4) Review Officer / 4800(Level 8) / B
Non-Gazetted Officials
3) Asst. Review Officer /4600(Level 7)
2) Routine grade Clerk
1) Peon/Bundle Lifter
BS Cadre
It consists of Bench Secretaries of different grades. These post are filled through departmental examination.
PS Cadre
It consists of personal secretaries of various grades and personal assistants.
Computer Cadre
It consists of officers and officials in following hierarchy:
- System Manager
- Senior System Analyst
- System Analyst
- Programmer Gr. 1
- Programmer Gr. 2
- Computer Operator A,B & C
Registrar General is the head of all the Officers and Officials working in the High Court.
Notes
External links
- Official website
- History of Allahabad High Court
