Centenary of High Courts

Calcutta High Court

The high Court at Calcutta, formerly known as the High Court of judicature at Fort William, was constituted under
Letter-Patent issued on May 14, 1862. It was formerly inaugurated on July 1, 1962. The Indian High Court Act
passed by the British Parliament on August 6, 186, had provided for the establishment of High Courts in the
presidency towns of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, in replacement of the Courts established by the East India
Company and subsequently thereto. The High Court has Original and appellate sides.
On the Original side, there is still prevalent the "Dual" system, under which Solicitors act and Barristers or
Advocates do the pleading. The jurisdiction of the High Court extends to West Bengal and the Andaman and the
Nicobar Islands. The present building of the High Court, of which the foundation was laid in March 1864 and
which was completed in May 1872, is an imposing structure in the gothic style and stands near the junction of
Esplanade West and Strand Road. During the hundred years of its existence, the High Court has fulfilled the
motto on its book-plate.

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CENTENARY OF HIGH COURTS: CALCUTTA

HIGH COURT
Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It was established as the High Court of Judicature at Fort
William on 1 July 1862 under the High Courts Act, 1861. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and
the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It was preceded by the Supreme Court of Judicature at
Fort William. The High Court building is an exact replica of the Cloth Hall, Ypres,
in Belgium.[1] It is recorded that when the original Cloth Hall burnt down, a blue
print of Granville's Calcutta High Court had to be consulted before rebuilding it.

The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 63. The bill to rename it as Kolkata
High Court was approved by the Cabinet on July 5, 2016 alongside renaming
of its two other counterparts in Chennai and Mumbai[2] However, the High
Court still retains the old name.

The seat of the Calcutta High Court is at Kolkata, capital of West Bengal. As per the Calcutta High Court (Extension
of Jurisdiction) Act, 1953, the Calcutta High Court's jurisdiction was extended to cover Chandernagore (now
called Chandannagar) and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as of 2 May 1950. The Calcutta High Court extended
its Circuit Bench in Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and in Jalpaiguri, the headquarters
of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal.

Barnes Peacock was the first Chief Justice of the High Court. He assumed the charge when the court was founded
on 1 July 1862. Romesh Chandra Mitter was the first Indian officiating
Chief Justice and Phani Bhushan Chakravartti was the first Indian
permanent Chief Justice of the court. The longest serving Chief Justice
was Sankar Prasad Mitra.

On 20 September 1871 the acting Chief Justice, John Paxton Norman,

was murdered on the steps of the courthouse by Wahabi Muslims.

The neo-Gothic High Court building was constructed in 1872, ten years
after the establishment of the court itself. The design, by then
Calcutta High Court government architect Walter Granville, was loosely modelled on the
13th-centuryCloth Hall at Ypres, Belgium.[
Issue Date
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01 July 1962

Centenary of High Courts

Madras High CourtMadras High Court

The high Court of Judicature at Madras was established on August 15, 1862 under Letters-Patent
issued on June 26, 1862. The High Court is the highest Court of Civil and Criminal jurisdiction
exercising Original and Appellate sides, the former being confined to the city of Madras. On the
formation of the Andhra state in 1953, and the coming of State re-organisation act, 1959, the number
of districts under the jurisdiction of the High Court was reduced.
In 1955, the Original Civil jurisdiction of the High Court was curtailed and the Original Criminal
jurisdiction was abolished. The present buildings of the High Court standing on the First line beach
were occupied on July 12, 1892. The seal of the High Court bears the device and impression of the
Asoka Capital with the 'gopuram', a common feature of temples in the South, in its background in a
circle. Below it appear the words.

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 MADRAS HIGH COURT

The Madras High Court is the high court of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The court is one of the
three High Courts in India established in the three Presidency Towns of Bombay, Calcutta and
Madras by Letters patent granted by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, bearing date 26 June 1862. It
exercises original jurisdiction over the city of Chennai and appellate jurisdiction over the entire
state of Tamil Nadu and Union territory of Puducherry, as well as extraordinary original jurisdiction,
civil and criminal, under the Letters Patent and special original jurisdiction for the issue of writs
under the Constitution of India.

From 1817 to 1862, the Supreme Court of Madras, the precursor to the present Madras High
Court, was situated in a building opposite the Chennai Beach railway station. From 1862 to 1892,
the High Court was also housed in that building. The present buildings were officially inaugurated
on 12 July 1892, when the then Madras Governor, Beilby, Baron Wenlock, handed over the key to
the then Chief Justice Sir Arthur Collins.[4]

British India's three presidency towns of Madras (Chennai), Bombay (Mumbai),

and Calcutta (Kolkata) were each granted a High Court by letters patent dated 26 June 1862.[5] The
letters patent were issued by Queen Victoria under the authority of the British parliament's Indian
High Courts Act 1861. The three courts remain unique in modern India, having been established
under British royal charter; this is in contrast with the country's other high courts, which have been
directly established under the Indian Constitution. However, the Constitution of India recognises
the status of the older courts.

The Madras High Court was formed by merging the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras,
and the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut. The Court was required to decide cases in accordance
with justice, equity and good conscience. The earliest judges of the High Court included Judges
Holloway, Innes and Morgan. The first Indian to sit as a judge of the High Court was Justice T.
Muthuswamy Iyer. Other early Indian judges included Justices V. Krishnaswamy Iyer and P. R.
Sundaram Iyer.

The Madras High Court was a pioneer in Original Side jurisdiction reform in favour of Indian
practitioners as early as the 1870s.

The Madras High Court's history means that the decisions of the British Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council are still binding on it, provided that the ratio of a case has not been over-ruled
by the Supreme Court of India.

The building of the High Court, an exquisite example of Indo-Saracenic style of architecture, was
built in 1892 with the design prepared by J.W. Brassington and later under the guidance of the
famed architect Henry Irwin,[9] who completed it with the assistance of J.H. Stephens. The High
Court building was damaged in the shelling of Madras by S.M.S. Emden on 22 September 1914,
at the beginning of the First World War. It remains one of the very few Indian buildings to have
been damaged by a German attack.
There are several matters of architectural interest in the High Court. The painted ceilings and the
stained glass doors are masterpieces in themselves. The old lighthouse of the city is housed within
the High Court campus, but is unfortunately poorly maintained and is in disrepair.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_High_Court

Issue Date
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06 August 1962

Centenary of High Courts

Bombay High CourtBombay High Court

The High Court at Bombay was established on August 14, 1862 under Letter-Patent issued on July
26, 1862. In this case also both Original and Appellate jurisdiction were vested in it. In 1948, its
original civil jurisdiction was reduced by the establishment of the Bombay City Civil Court and its
Original Criminal jurisdiction was taken away by the setting up of the City Services Court, Greater
Bombay. Re-organisation of States in 1956 enlarged the territory under its Appellate jurisdiction.
As a result, separate Benches of the High Court were constituted at Nagpur and Rajkot; but the latter
was abolished on the bifurcation of State of Bombay, in 1960, into the States of Maharashtra and
Gujarat. The building of the High Court, standing in the Fort area, were commenced on April 1, 1871
and completed in November 1878. During the century of its existence, the High Court at Bombay has
been a repository of justice and the guardian of the rights and liberties of the people.

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MUMBAI HIGH COURT

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 ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT

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.

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.[1] In 1868 it shifted back to
Allahabad.[2][3] The former High Court was located at the Accountant General's office at the
University of Allahabad complex.[3]

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad_High_Court

Issue Date
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25 November 1966

50th Anniversary of Supreme Court of India

 Supreme Court, New Delhi

The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under
the Constitution of India, the highest constitutional court, with the power of constitutional review.
Consisting of the Chief Justice of India and 30 other judges, it has extensive powers in the form
of original, appellate and advisory jurisdictions.
As the final court of appeal of the country, it takes up appeals primarily against verdicts of the High
Courts of various states of the Union and other courts and tribunals. It safeguards fundamental
rights of citizens and settles disputes between various governments in the country. As an advisory
court, it hears matters which may specifically be referred to it under the Constitution by
the President of India. It also may take cognisance of matters on its own (or 'suo moto'), without
anyone drawing its attention to them. The law declared by the Supreme Court becomes binding
on all courts within India.[2]

In 1861 the Indian High Courts Act 1861 was enacted to create High Courts for various provinces
and abolished Supreme Courts at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay and also the Sadar Adalats in
Presidency towns which had acted as the highest court in their respective regions. These new
High Courts had the distinction of being the highest Courts for all cases till the creation of Federal
Court of India under the Government of India Act 1935. The Federal Court had jurisdiction to solve
disputes between provinces and federal states and hear appeal against judgements of the High
Courts.[2]
The Supreme Court of India came into being on 28 January 1950.[3] It replaced both the Federal
Court of India and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council which were then at the apex of the
Indian court system.
Supreme Court initially had its seat at Chamber of Princes in the Parliament building where the
previous Federal Court of India sat from 1937 to 1950. The first Chief Justice of India was Sir H J
Kania. In 1958, the Supreme Court moved to its present premises.[3] Originally, Constitution of India
envisaged a Supreme Court with a Chief Justice and seven Judges; leaving it to Parliament to
increase this number.[4] In formative years, the Supreme Court met from 10 to 12 in the morning
and then 2 to 4 in the afternoon for 28 days in a year.[5]

A proper functioning of the Supreme Court is of vital public importance. The Rule of Law,
fundamental rights of the people and a proper functioning of the various constitutional authorities
depend on it. The completion of fifty years of the Supreme Court is thus a special occasion for the
citizens of this constitutional democracy and the Department of Posts was proud to associate itself
with the event through the issue of this stamp.
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Issue Date
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26 November 1999

High Court of Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu & Srinagar Wings of High Court

The full-fledged High Court of Judicature for the Jammu and Kashmir State was established
in the year 1928. Earlier, the Ruler of the State (Maharaja) was the final authority in the
administration of justice. In the year 1889, the British Government asked the then Ruler of
the State, Maharaja Partap Singh to appoint a Council. The judicial member of the Council
exercised all the appellate powers, both on civil and criminal side. The State having two
provinces-Jammu and Kashmir, had chief judges exercising judicial authority but they acted
under the superintendence and control of the Law member of the Council. Later the Council
was abolished and a Minister designated as Judge of the High Court was appointed by the
Ruler to decide judicial cases. In 1927 a new Constitution was adopted by the then Ruler of
the State and in the place of Law Member, a Ministry in the Judicial Department was created.
By virtue of Order No. 1dated 26.3.1928, the High Court of Judicature was established and
for the first time the High Court was to consist of the Chief Justice and two Judges. On
26.3.1928, the Maharaja appointed Lala Kanwar Sein as the First Chief Justice of the Court
and Rai Bahadur Lala Bodh Raj Sawhney and Khan Sahib Aga Syed Hussain as Puisne
Judges. The usual places of sitting of the High Court are Jammu and Srinagar.

In 1939, the Ruler promulgated the Constitution Act of 1996, which incorporated the
provisions of law relating to the High Court, and conferred upon the High Court a substantial
measure of Independence. The High Court was invested with powers of superintendence and
control over the Courts/ District judiciary.

The 1996 (1939 A.D) Act also. constituted a 3 members Board of Judicial advisers
akin to the Privy Council in British India. The Board was to advise the Ruler in the disposal
of the civil and criminal appeals against the decisions of the High Court.

The Board of Judicial Advisers at the time of its abolition by the Constitution Act 1956 had
17 appeals pending before it. On request of the Chief Justice, the Government of India in
consultation with the Chief Justice of India, constituted a Special Bench of the Supreme
Court of India consisting of Justice Mehar Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of India, Justice
S.R. Das and Justice Ghulam Hassan for disposing off the pending 17 appeals. The Bench
heard the appeals in Srinagar and upheld the judgement of the High Court in all the 17
appeals. It was a historic event, when a Bench of Supreme Court held sitting outside the place
of seat at Delhi. On 10.9.1943, Letters Patent was conferred on the High Court.

In 1954 vide Constitution Application Order of 1954, the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
was extended to the State of J&K. Under Art. 32 (2-A) of the Constitution of India, the State
High Court was for the first time given power to issue writs for enforcement of the
fundamental rights so far as they are applicable of the State of J&K. In 1957, by the Jammu
and Kashmir Constitution Act, an independent judicial body with the High Court of
Judicature at the top was created.

The High Court has at present a sanctioned strength of 14 Judges including 9 Permanent
Judges and 5 Additional Judges. From May to end October, The Chief Justice and the
administrative Wing of High Court shifts to Srinagar and from November to end April, the
HQ is at Jammu. However, Court sections of both the Jammu and Srinagar Wings of the High
Court function throughout the year.
The Department of Posts is pleased to issue a commemorative postage stamp on High Court
of Jammu & Kashmir.

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India

JAMMU AND KASHMIR HIGH COURT

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Jammu and
Kashmir. It was established in the year 1928 by letters patent issued by the Maharaja of Jammu
Kashmir. The seat of the court shifts between its summer capital Srinagar and winter
capital Jammu. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 14 in which 9 are permanent judges
and 5 are additional judges.[2][3] Chapter IV of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir deals with
high court.

The High Court of the Jammu and Kashmir state was established on the basis of the Order
No. 1 issued by the Maharaja on 26 March 1928. The Maharaja appointed Lala Kanwar Sain as
the first Chief Justice and Lala Bodh Raj Sawhney and Khan Sahib Aga Syed Hussain as Puisne
Judges.[4] The seats of the High Court were at Jammu and Srinagar. On 10 September 1943, letters
patent were conferred on the High Court by the Maharaja. Khan Sahib Aga Syed Hussain was the
first Muslim Judge of the High Court. He retired as Home and Judicial Minister of Jammu & Kashmir
during the Maharaja Rule.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_High_Court

Issue Date
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29 July 2006

Patna High Court

 Patna High Court

 The territories of Bihar and Orissa which were formerly subject to and included within the
limits of thePresidency of Fort William in Bengal, were promoted to the status of a
separate province, through the Proclamation made by the Governor-General of India on
22nd March, 1912. By Letters Patent, dated the 9thFebruary, 1916 the Patna High
Court was ushered into existence with Circuit sittings at Cuttack, and from the
26th February, 1916, the date on which the aforesaid Letters Patent was published in the
Gazette of India, the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal ceased to exercise
jurisdiction, Civil, Criminal, Admiralty, Matrimonial, Testamentary and Intestate,
Enrolment, etc. in all matters in which jurisdiction was given to theHigh
Court of Judicature at Patna. Thus, the ancient city of Pataliputra had a High Court of
its own in 1916 with Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier, Kt. Barrister-at-Law as
its first Chief Justice and Sarvashri Saiyid Sharfuddin, Barrister-at-Law, Edmund
Pelly Chapman, I.C.S., Basant Kumar Mullick, I.C.S., Francis,Reginald Roe,
I.C.S., Cecil Atkinson, barrister-at-Law and Jwala Prasad, B.A., LL.B., as Puisne
Judges.

 The foundation-stone of the High Court Building was laid on 1st December, 1913 by His
Excellency the late Viceroy and Governor-General of India, Lord Hardinge of Penshurst.
The Patna High Court building on its completion was formally opened by the Viceroy in a
durbar held for the purpose on 3rd February, 1916. The High Court commenced work from
the 1st March, 1916 when the Chief Justice announced the establishment of a High Court
of Judicature for the province of Bihar and Orissa and the transfer of Jurisdiction hitherto
exercised in the province by the High Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal to this
Court.

 The Patna High Court started its work in 1916 with the Chief Justice and six puisne
Judges. In the year 1947, the sanctioned strength of the Court was nine permanent and
three additional Judges. Though a separate province for Orissa was created in the year
1937, Patna High Court continued to exercise jurisdiction over the territories of that
province till 26th July, 1948, when a separate High Court was constituted for Orissa. At
present there are 29 permanent Judges including the Chief Justice and 14 Additional
Judges. At present there are altogether 31 Judgeship in the State of Bihar with the
creation of Jamul and Sheohar Judgeship in the years 2005 and 2012 respectively.

 The scheme of separation of executive and judicial functions was introduced for the first
time on 3rd January, 1950 in the districts of Patna and Shahabad. It has since been
introduced in all the districts of the State. This scheme envisages that all magistrates and
Munsif-Magistrates trying criminal cases should be under the control of the High Court
through the Session Judges and that the District and the Sub divisional Magistrates
should not have anything further to do with a criminal case after it has been transferred for
trial to munsif or a Judicial Magistrate.

PATNA HIGH COURT

Patna High Court is the High Court of the state of Bihar. It was established on 3 February
1916 and later affiliated under the Government of India Act 1915. The court is headquartered
in Patna, the administrative capital of the state.

Proclamation made by Governor-General of India on 22 March 1912. The foundation-stone of

the High Court Building was laid on Monday, 1 December 1913 by His Excellency the late Viceroy
and Governor-General of India, Sir Charles Hardinge of Penshurst. The Patna High Court building
on its completion was formally opened by the same Viceroy on 3 February 1916. Hon. Sir
Justice Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier was the first Chief Justice of Patna High Court.
Starting 18 April 2015, the Patna High Court has planned year long centenary celebrations of 100
years of establishment and the occasion was inaugurated by the President of India Shri Pranab
Mukherjee chaired by the Governor of Bihar Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi and Chief Justice of India,
Justice Mr.H. L. Dattu and the Chief Justice of Patna High Court Justice Mr.L. Narasimha Reddy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna_High_Court

Issue Date
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18 April 2015

Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench

Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench

Issue Date
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13 March 2016

Allahabad High Court

 Allahabad High Court

 The High Court of Allahabad was established by a Royal Charter as

the High Court of Judicature for theNorth Western Province on
17th March, 1866 and was seated at Agra. At that time, it was comprised of
the First Chief Justice – Sir Walter Morgan and five other
judges Alexander Ross, William Edwards, William Roberts, Francis
Boyle Parson and Charles Arthur Turner.

 The High Court had its first sitting on 18.06.1866 at Agra. Thereafter, it
was shifted to Allahabad in the year 1869 in the building on Queens’ Road
now Sarojini Naidu Road. The building in which the High Court, Allahabad
is seated at present was designed by the famous architect Frank
Lishman. Its foundation stone was laid by Sir John Stanley KC., the then
Chief Justice on 18.03.1911. The main building with dome shaped
pedimented centre, engrailed arches, stone balustrades and arcaded
wings is a marvelous synthesis of western and eastern architectural styles.
The construction of the building was completed on 27.11.1916 and the
building was inaugurated by Lord Chemsford, Viceroy & Governor
General of India.

 The building in which the Lucknow Bench of High Court is located was
designed by Mr. W. G. Wood, Executive Engineer. Its construction began
in the year 1900 during the administration of Sir A. P. Macdonnel, the
erstwhile Lt. Governor of United Province of Agra and Oudh. The
building incorporates the best ofRajasthani and Mughal architecture with
domes and pillars.

 The High Court got the new name of ‘High Court of Judicature at
Allahabad’ through a supplementary Letters Patent on 11.03.1919.

 On 26th July, 1948 the Chief Court of Oudh merged with High Court of
Judicature at Allahabad under the United Provinces High Court
(Amalgamation) Order, 1948.

 The High Court started functioning with 06 Judges and at present, when it
is celebrating its 150th Anniversary, it has a sanctioned strength of 90
 permanent and 70 additional Judges, a total 160 Judges, making it the
biggest in the country.

 Starting from Sri Walter Morgan the First Chief Justice, Shri Shah
Mohammad Suleman the First Indian Chief Justice and Shri Bidhu
Bhushan Malik, the First Chief Justice after Independence, the High
Court, Allahabad has witnessed 45 Chief Justice so far.

 The High Court of Allahabad has the distinction of having given the country
five Chief Justices of India namelySarvsshri K. N. Wanchoo, Mirza
Hameedullah Beg, Raghunandan Swarup Pathak, Kamal Narain
Singhand V. N. Khare.

 The Bar of the High Court in the beginning i.e. in 1866 consisted of 6
Advocates only but its population today is about 15000 as per the rolls
maintained by the Registry of the High Court.

 Mr. William Jardin was the first Government advocate of North West
Provinces appointed during 1869-70.

 The Advocates of the High Court at Principal Seat at Allahabad are

grouped in two different recognized associations namely High Court Bar
Association and Advocate’s Association. The Advocates at High Court,
Lucknow Bench have their own recognized Bar Association in the name
of Oudh Bar Association.

 At the time when the High Court shifted from Agra to Allahabad the Bar
was composed of barristers of English and Irish Bar, the advocates of
Scotland and Vakils. Mr. Ram Prasad, Mr. J. N. Chaudhary, Pt. Sundar
Lal andPt. Moti Lal Nehru were the first batch of the Vakils admitted to
the status of advocates by the Chief Justice in 1896.

 The Allahabad High Court took the lead when other High Courts rejected
applications for enrollment of women lawyers, by enrolling Miss. Cornelia
Sorabji as the First Indian Lady Vakil of Allahabad High Court on August
24, 1921 by a decision of the English Committee of the court (as the
Administrative Committee was then called) consisting of Chief Justice Sir
Grimwood Mears. In 1995 a retiring room for lady Advocates was
inaugurated and was named as Cornelia Sorabji Hall.

 The Registrar General is the Administrative Head of the High Court. He is

assisted by several Officers & Officials collectively known as the Registry
of the Court including Registrars, Joint Registrars, Dy. Registrars, Asst.
Registrars, Section Officers, Review Officers, Asst. Review Officers and
many others.

 The High Court both at Allahabad and its Lucknow Bench has a Chief
Justice’s Library and a Judges Library with more than 1,75,000
Commentaries / Acts / Manuals / Reports / Digests, 1,20,000 bound
volumes of Journals starting from the year 1901 till date, 5,000 bound
 volumes of Gazettes (Central & State), Law Reporters, Magazines and
News Papers.

 The High Court has its own Museum both at Allahabad and Lucknow with
a rich collection of judgements, deeds, photographs, dress, furniture and
the original charter of Her Majesty the Queen Victoria of 17th March, 1866
by which the High Court was created and established.

 A Meditation & Reconciliation Centre has also been established in the High
Court both at Allahabad & Lucknow for the Persons who are willing to
resolve their disputes amicably by negotiations.

 The High Court is on its way to complete computerization. From the year
2009, the copies of Judgements & Orders are being uploaded on the
internet immediately after their delivery. A mammoth task of digitalization
of all the files has been undertaken by the High Court. The High Court is
proposing to make its entire work paperless by adopting e-filing and also
by running e-courts.

 The High Court celebrated its Centenary in the year 1966. The Post
Centenary Silver Jubilee Function of the High Court was celebrated in the
year 1991.

ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT

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.

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.[1] In 1868 it shifted back to
Allahabad.[2][3] The former High Court was located at the Accountant General's office at
the University of Allahabad complex.[3]
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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad_High_Court

Issue Date
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13 March 2016