Allahabad High Court
The High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces was established at Agra under Letters Patent on March 17, 1866. The seat of the High Court was shifted from Agra to Allahabad in 1869, and its designation was altered to ‘the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad’ by a supplementary Letters Patent issued on March 11, 1919. The Chief Court of Oudh was amalgamated with the Allahabad High Court by the U.P. High Court Amalgamation Order, 1948. Sir Walter Morgan, Barrister-at-Law, was the first Chief Justice of the High Court of North-Western Provinces. The Allahabad High Court is located in Prayagraj. The Court also has a permanent circuit bench at Lucknow.
The sanctioned strength of Judges of the Allahabad High Court is 119 permanent and 41 additional Judges.
Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To 32 Persons Convicted In 1990 Agra Caste Violence Case
The High Court of Allahabad granted bail to all convicts in the thirty-five year old Agra caste violence case. The Bench of Justice Shekhar Kumar...
Allahabad High Court Junks Plea To Halt Release Of Jolly LLB- 3 Over Alleged Objectionable Portrayal...
The Allahabad High Court was considering a Writ Petition seeking to restrain the release, exhibition, distribution or screening of the film "Jolly LLB...
