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Allahabad High Court
High Court building in Allahabad
Map
Interactive map of Allahabad High Court
25°27′11″N 81°49′14″E / 25.45306°N 81.82056°E / 25.45306; 81.82056
Established17 March 1866 (in Agra)
1869 (in Allahabad)
JurisdictionUttar Pradesh
LocationPrincipal Seat: Prayagraj
Permanent Bench: Lucknow
Coordinates25°27′11″N 81°49′14″E / 25.45306°N 81.82056°E / 25.45306; 81.82056
Composition methodPresidential with confirmation of Chief Justice of India and Governor of respective state.
Authorised byConstitution of India
Judge term lengthmandatory retirement by age of 62
Number of positions160 (permanent 76; additional 84)
Websiteallahabadhighcourt.in Edit this at Wikidata
Chief Justice
CurrentlyArun Bhansali
Since5 February 2024
Inner block of Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court, officially known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, is the high court based in the city known as Prayagraj, that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it one of the oldest 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.[1] In 1875 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 of the High Court for the North-Western Provinces was moved from Agra to Allahabad in 1875 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 and the passing of this Act.

On 25 February 1948, the Chief Court of Oudh was amalgamated with the High Court of Allahabad.

Until 2000, what is now called Uttarakhand was part of Uttar Pradesh, and was therefore subject to the jurisdiction of Allahabad High Court. When the new state was created, Allahabad High Court ceased to have jurisdiction over the districts in it. The Uttarakhand High Court was established on 9 November 2000 with jurisdiction over the new state.

Building of the circuit bench of Allahabad High Court in Lucknow.

Principal seat and benches

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The seat of the court is at Prayagraj. 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.

Location Type Status No. of Sitting Judges
Prayagraj Principal seat Active 81
Lucknow Bench Active 28

Demand for Meerut High Court Bench

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Residents of Western Uttar Pradesh have also been long demanding a high court bench in Meerut. Almost 54% of all cases reaching the High Court originate from the 22 districts of Western UP, still, western Uttar Pradesh does not have a High Court bench.[4] Eight other High Courts—such as those at Delhi, Shimla, Chandigarh—are closer to litigants of West Uttar Pradesh than their own High Court in Prayagraj. In fact, Lahore High Court is closer to western Uttar Pradesh than Allahabad High Court.[5][6]

Reporting and citation

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Journals that report Allahabad High Court Judgements include

  1. Allahabad Criminal Cases,
  2. Allahabad Law Journal
  3. Allahabad Law Reports
  4. Allahabad Daily Judgement
  5. Allahabad Civil Journal
  6. Allahabad Weekly Cases
  7. Allahabad Rent Cases
  8. Accidents Claims Journal
  9. Allahabad Criminal Rulings
  10. Criminal Law Journal
  11. Motor Accident Claims
  12. Revenue Decisions
  13. U.P. Local Bodies and Education Cases
  14. Lucknow Civil Decisions (LCD)
  15. All India Judicial Interpretation on Crimes

High Court service

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The Registry at High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is broadly divided into five Cadres:

  • General office Cadre (Registrar Cadre)

An officer enters this cadre in the rank of Review Officer/Asst. Review Officer/Computer Assistant after passing a competitive exam and rises up through successive promotions on S.O./Asst./Deputy/Joint Registrar to reach the post of Registrar.

  • Bench Secretary Cadre
  • Private Secretary Cadre
  • Computer Cadre
  • Library Cadre

Some other cadres/posts at High Court of Judicature at Allahabad are:

  • Chief Documentation Officer cum Chief Librarian (currently held by Sri. Amitabh Saran)
  • Physiotherapist
  • Court Manager

Commemorative postal stamps

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Commemorative stamps released by India Post:

1966
2016
2016

Composition

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Official residence of the Chief Justice

The court has a Sanctioned strength of 160 (120 permanent, 40 additional) judges. Justice Arun Bhansali is the current Chief Justice of the High Court.

Former Chief Justices

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# Chief Justice Portrait Term start Term end Governor (oathed by)
English Hindi
1 Walter Morgan वाल्टेर मॉर्गन 1866 1871
2 Robert Stuart रॉबर्ट स्टुअर्ट 1871 1884
3 William Comer Petheram विलियम कॉमर पैथराम 1884 1886
4 John Edge जॉन एज 1886 1898
5 Louis Addin Kershaw लुइस एडिन केर्शौ 1898
6 Arthur Strachey आर्थर स्ट्राचे 1898 1901
7 John Stanley जॉन स्टानले 1901 1911
8 Henry George Richards हेनरी जॉर्ज रिचर्ड्स 1911 1919
9 Edward Grimwood Mears एडवर्ड ग्रिमवुड मेयर्स 1919 1932
10 Shah Muhammad Sulaiman शाह मुहम्मद सुलेमान 1932 1937
11 John Gibb Thom जॉन गिब थॉम 1937 1941
12 Iqbal Ahmad इक़बाल अहमद 1941 1946
13 Kamalkanta Verma कमल कांत वर्मा 1946 1947
After Independence
14 Bidhu Bhushan Malik बिधु भूषण मलिक 1947 1955 Sarojini Naidu
15 Orby Howell Mootham ओ. एच. मूथाम 1955 1961 Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
16 Manulal Chunilal Desai मनुलाल चुन्नीलाल देसाई 1961 1966 Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
17 Vashishtha Bhargava वशिष्ठ भार्गव 25 February 1966 7 August 1966 Bishwanath Das
18 Mirza Nasirullah Beg नसरुल्लाह बेग 1966 1967
19 Vidyadhar Govind Oak विद्याधर गोविन्द ओक 1967 1971 Bezawada Gopala Reddy
20 Shashi Kanta Verma शशि कांत वर्मा 1971 1973
21 Dhatri Saran Mathur धातृ शरण माथुर 1973 1974 Akbar Ali Khan
22 Kunwar Bahadur Asthana कुंवर बहादुर अस्थाना 1974 1977 Marri Chenna Reddy
23 Deshmudre Mallappa Chandrashekhar डी. एम्. चंद्रशेखर 1977 1978 Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
24 Satish Chandra सतीश चंद्र 1978 1983
25 Mahesh Narain Shukla महेश नारायण शुक्ल 1983 1985 Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
26 Hridai Narain Seth ह्रदय नाथ सेठ 1986 Mohammed Usman Arif
27 Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty कलमञ्जे जगन्नाथ शेट्टी 1986 1987
28 Dwarka Nath Jha द्वारका नाथ झा 1987
29 Amitav Banerji अमिताव बनर्जी 1987 1988
30 Brahma Nath Katju ब्रह्म नाथ काटजू 1988 1989
31 Benjaram Pranaya Jeevan Reddy बी. पी. जीवन रेड्डी 1990 1991 B. Satya Narayan Reddy
32 Manoj Kumar Mukherjee मनोज कुमार मुख़र्जी 1991 1993
33 Sarvinder Singh Sodhi एस. एस. लोधी 1994 1995 Motilal Vora
34 Ambati Lakshman Rao ए. लक्ष्मण राव 1995 1996
35 Debi Priya Mohapatra डी. पी. महापात्र 1996 1998
36 Nirendra Krishna Mitra एन. के. मित्रा 1999 2000 Suraj Bhan
37 Shyamal Kumar Sen श्यामल कुमार सेन 8 May 2000 24 November 2002
38 Tarun Chatterjee तरुण चटर्जी 31 January 2003 26 August 2004 Vishnu Kant Shastri
39 Ajoy Nath Ray अजय नाथ रे 11 January 2005 26 January 2007 T. V. Rajeswar
40 Hemant Laxman Gokhale हेमंत लक्ष्मण गोखले 7 March 2007 8 March 2009
41 Chandramauli Kumar Prasad चंद्रमौली कुमार प्रसाद 20 March 2009 7 February 2010
42 Ferdino Rebello फ़र्डिनो रेबेल्लो 26 June 2010 30 July 2011 Banwari Lal Joshi
43 Syed Rafat Alam सय्यद रफात आलम 4 August 2011 8 August 2012
44 Shiva Kirti Singh शिवा कीर्ति सिंह 17 October 2012 18 September 2013
45 Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud धनञ्जय यशवंत चंद्रचूड़ 31 October 2013 12 May 2016
46 Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale दिलीप बाबासाहेब भोसले 30 July 2016[7] 23 October 2018 Ram Naik
47 Govind Mathur गोविन्द माथुर 14 November 2018 13 April 2021
48 Sanjay Yadav संजय यादव 14 April 2021 26 June 2021 Anandiben Patel
49 Rajesh Bindal राजेश बिंदल 11 October 2021 12 February 2023
50 Pritinker Diwaker प्रीतिंकर दिवाकर 26 March 2023 21 November 2023
51 Arun Bhansali अरुण भंसाली 5 February 2024 Incumbent


Judges elevated as Chief Justices

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This sections contains list of only those judges elevated as chief justices whose parent high court is Allahabad. This includes those judges who, at the time of appointment as chief justice, may not be serving in Allahabad High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of appointment as chief justice were serving in Allahabad High Court but does not have Allahabad as their Parent High Court.[8][9][10]

Name Image Appointed as CJ in HC of Date of appointment Date of retirement[a] Tenure
As Judge As Chief Justice As Chief Justice As Judge[b]
Charles Arthur Turner[11] Madras 17 March 1866 3 March 1879 1885
Henry George Richards Allahabad 1905 21 April 1911 1919
Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier Patna 1910 1 March 1916 30 October 1917 1 year, 244 days
Shah Muhammad Sulaiman Allahabad 1923 16 March 1932 30 September 1937[‡][c] 5 years, 199 days
Birjor Dalal Jammu & Kashmir 1925 16 February 1931 23 November 1936 5 years, 282 days
John Douglas Young Lahore 1929 1934 1943
Iqbal Ahmad Allahabad 1933 21 July 1941 16 September 1946 5 years, 58 days
Arthur Trevor Harries Patna, transferred to Lahore then to Calcutta 1934 10 October 1938 12 June 1952 13 years, 247 days
Rachpal Singh Jammu & Kashmir 1934 13 August 1940 6 March 1942 1 year, 206 days
Ganga Nath Jammu & Kashmir 1937 24 June 1942 23 October 1945 3 years, 122 days
Kamalkanta Verma Allahabad, transferred to Rajasthan[d] 1937 17 September 1946 24 January 1950 3 years, 130 days
Bidhu Bhushan Malik Allahabad 13 March 1944 15 October 1947 11 January 1955 7 years, 89 days 10 years, 305 days
Orby Howell Mootham Allahabad 22 July 1946 12 January 1955 16 February 1961 6 years, 36 days 14 years, 210 days
Kailas Nath Wanchoo Rajasthan 17 February 1947 2 January 1951 10 August 1958[‡] 7 years, 221 days 11 years, 175 days
Manulal Chunilal Desai Allahabad 13 December 1948 17 February 1961 24 February 1966 5 years, 8 days 17 years, 74 days
Vashishtha Bhargava Allahabad 1 August 1949 25 February 1966 7 August 1966[‡] 164 days 17 years, 7 days
Mirza Nasirullah Beg Allahabad 1 June 1951 24 September 1966 3 June 1967 253 days 16 years, 3 days
Gopalji Mehrotra Gauhati 6 May 1954 30 June 1961 6 February 1967 5 years, 222 days 12 years, 277 days
Vidyadhar Govind Oak Allahabad 31 March 1955 4 June 1967 18 May 1971 3 years, 349 days 16 years, 49 days
Bishambhar Dayal[12] Madhya Pradesh 6 May 1957 19 March 1969 13 September 1972 3 years, 179 days 15 years, 131 days
Shashi Kanta Verma Allahabad 30 June 1958 19 May 1971 5 November 1973 2 years, 171 days 15 years, 129 days
Dhatri Saran Mathur Allahabad 15 January 1959 6 November 1973 13 November 1974 1 year, 8 days 15 years, 303 days
Kunwar Bahadur Asthana Allahabad 22 August 1961 13 November 1974 9 May 1977 2 years, 178 days 15 years, 261 days
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak R. S. Pathak Himachal Pradesh 1 October 1962 18 March 1972 19 February 1978[‡] 5 years, 339 days 15 years, 142 days
Mirza Hameedullah Beg M. H. Beg Himachal Pradesh 11 June 1963 25 January 1971 9 December 1971[‡] 319 days 8 years, 182 days
Satish Chandra Allahabad, transferred to Calcutta 7 October 1963 22 March 1978 1 September 1986 8 years, 164 days 22 years, 330 days
Mahesh Narain Shukla Allahabad 14 March 1969 12 April 1985 5 October 1985 177 days 16 years, 206 days
Hridai Narain Seth[13] Allahabad, transferred to Punjab & Haryana 7 July 1969 16 May 1986 14 October 1987 1 year, 152 days 18 years, 100 days
Tribeni Sahai Misra[14] Gauhati 3 September 1971 12 August 1983 14 November 1984 1 year, 95 days 13 years, 73 days
Narayan Dutt Ojha[12] Madhya Pradesh 8 January 1987 18 January 1988[‡] 1 year, 11 days 16 years, 139 days
Dwarka Nath Jha Allahabad 6 August 1973 14 July 1987 15 July 1987 2 days 13 years, 344 days
Amitav Banerji Allahabad 26 April 1988 6 November 1988 195 days 15 years, 93 days
Brahma Nath Katju Allahabad 7 November 1988 22 May 1989 197 days 15 years, 290 days
Krishna Chandra Agarwal Rajasthan, transferred to Calcutta 15 April 1990 15 January 1996 5 years, 276 days 22 years, 163 days
Sudarshan Dayal Aggarwal Punjab & Haryana 17 November 1977 13 November 1992 14 January 1994 1 year, 63 days 16 years, 59 days
Satish Chandra Mathur Jammu & Kashmir 30 March 1978 10 October 1993 17 March 1994 159 days 15 years, 353 days
Viney Krishna Khanna Gauhati 2 July 1979 24 April 1994 14 February 1997 2 years, 297 days 17 years, 228 days
Saiyed Saghir Ahmad Jammu & Kashmir, transferred to Andhra Pradesh 2 November 1981 18 March 1994 5 March 1995[‡] 353 days 13 years, 124 days
Vishweshwar Nath Khare Calcutta 25 June 1983 2 February 1996 20 March 1997[‡] 1 year, 47 days 13 years, 269 days
Ajay Prakash Misra Delhi 24 May 1984 26 June 1997 3 December 1997[‡] 161 days 13 years, 194 days
Om Prakash Verma Kerala 20 December 1997 19 March 1999 1 year, 90 days 14 years, 300 days
Brijesh Kumar Gauhati 12 February 1999 18 October 2000[‡] 1 year, 250 days 16 years, 148 days
Ravi Swaroop Dhavan Patna 9 January 1986 25 January 2000 22 July 2004 4 years, 180 days 18 years, 196 days
Daya Saran Sinha Gujarat 17 March 1986 17 March 2002 17 March 2003 1 year, 1 day 17 years, 1 day
Markandey Katju Madras, transferred to Delhi 30 November 1991 28 November 2004 9 April 2006[‡] 1 year, 133 days 14 years, 131 days
Jagadish Bhalla Himachal Pradesh, transferred to Rajasthan 5 April 1995 2 February 2008 31 October 2010 2 years, 272 days 15 years, 210 days
Balbir Singh Chauhan Orissa 16 July 2008 10 May 2009[‡] 299 days 14 years, 36 days
Yatindra Singh Chhattisgarh 5 February 1999 22 October 2012 8 October 2014 1 year, 352 days 15 years, 246 days
Rajesh Kumar Agrawal Madras 24 October 2013 16 February 2014[‡] 116 days 15 years, 12 days
Sunil Ambwani Rajasthan 24 April 2001 24 March 2015 22 August 2015 152 days 14 years, 121 days
Ashok Bhushan Kerala 26 March 2015 12 May 2016[‡] 1 year, 48 days 15 years, 19 days
Vineet Saran Orissa 14 February 2002 26 February 2016 6 August 2018[‡] 2 years, 162 days 16 years, 174 days
Tarun Agarwala Meghalaya 7 January 2004 12 February 2018 2 March 2018 19 days 14 years, 55 days
Krishna Murari Punjab & Haryana 2 June 2018 22 September 2019[‡] 1 year, 113 days 15 years, 259 days
Amreshwar Pratap Sahi Patna, transferred to Madras 24 September 2004 17 November 2018 31 December 2020 2 years, 45 days 16 years, 99 days
Vikram Nath Gujarat 10 September 2019 30 August 2021[‡] 1 year, 355 days 16 years, 340 days
Pankaj Mithal Jammu & Kashmir, transferred to Rajasthan 7 July 2006 4 January 2021 5 February 2023[‡] 2 years, 33 days 16 years, 214 days
Ritu Raj Awasthi Karnataka 13 April 2009 11 October 2021 2 July 2022 265 days 13 years, 81 days
Ramesh Sinha Chhattisgarh 21 November 2011 29 March 2023 Incumbent 3 years, 126 days 14 years, 254 days
Sunita Agarwal Gujarat 23 July 2023 3 years, 10 days
Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya Bombay, transferred to Delhi 29 July 2023 3 years, 4 days
Manoj Kumar Gupta Uttarakhand 12 April 2013 10 January 2026 204 days 13 years, 112 days

Judges appointed as Acting Chief Justice

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Name Appointed as ACJ in HC of Date of appointment as Judge Period as Acting Chief Justice Date of retirement[a] Tenure as ACJ Tenure as Judge Remarks Ref..
Iqbal Ahmad Allahabad 1933 20 Feb 1941 – 20 Jul 1941 16 September 1946 151 days Became permanent [15][16]
Mirza Nasirullah Beg Allahabad 1 June 1951 8 Aug 1966 – 23 Sep 1966 3 June 1967 47 days 16 years, 3 days [17]
Mahesh Narain Shukla Allahabad 14 March 1969 29 Nov 1983 – 11 Apr 1985 5 October 1985 1 year, 134 days 16 years, 206 days [18]
Hridai Narain Seth Allahabad 7 July 1969 6 Oct 1985 – 15 May 1986 14 October 1987 222 days 18 years, 100 days [8]
N. D. Ojha Allahabad 3 September 1971 18 Aug 1986 – 30 Sep 1986 18 January 1988[‡] 44 days 16 years, 139 days -- [19]
Dwarka Nath Jha Allahabad 6 August 1973 1 May 1987 – 13 Jul 1987 15 July 1987 74 days 13 years, 344 days Became permanent [20]
Amitav Banerji Allahabad 16 Jul 1987 – 25 Apr 1988 6 November 1988 285 days 15 years, 93 days [21]
K. C. Agarwal Allahabad 23 May 1989 – 15 Apr 1990 15 January 1996 328 days 22 years, 163 days Elevated as CJ of Rajasthan [22][23]
Vijaya Kumar Mehrotra Himachal Pradesh 30 March 1978 14 Nov 1988 – 28 Mar 1989 19 October 1992 135 days 14 years, 204 days -- [24]
6 Oct 1989 – 5 Nov 1989 31 days
15 Jan 1991 – 4 Aug 1991 202 days [25]
Satish Chandra Mathur Allahabad 8 Jan 1993 – 12 Oct 1993 17 March 1994 277 days 15 years, 353 days Elevated as CJ of Jammu & Kashmir [26]
Viney Krishna Khanna Allahabad 2 July 1979 13 Oct 1993 – 23 Apr 1994 14 February 1997 193 days 17 years, 228 days Elevated as CJ of Gauhati
V. N. Khare Allahabad 25 June 1983 15 Jan 1996 – 1 Feb 1996 20 March 1997[‡] 18 days 13 years, 269 days Elevated as CJ of Calcutta [27]
Brijesh Kumar Allahabad 24 May 1984 9 Dec 1998 – 11 Feb 1999 18 October 2000[‡] 65 days 16 years, 148 days Elevated as CJ of Gauhati [28]
D. S. Sinha Allahabad 17 March 1986 18 Apr 2000 – 7 May 2000 17 March 2003 20 days 17 years, 1 day -- [29]
Maheshwari Prasad Singh Rajasthan 31 July 1987 25 Dec 1997 – 9 Apr 1998 9 April 1998 107 days 10 years, 253 days Retired as ACJ [30]
Devendra Pal Singh Chauhan Madhya Pradesh 3 January 1989 22 Dec 1999 – 23 Feb 2000 25 March 2000 64 days 11 years, 83 days -- [31]
Govind Prasad Mathur Allahabad 6 July 1990 25 Nov 2002 – 19 Dec 2002 19 December 2002[‡] 25 days 12 years, 167 days Elevated to Supreme Court [32]
Satya Prakash Srivastava Allahabad 27 November 1991 20 Dec 2002 – 30 Jan 2003 12 June 2004 42 days 12 years, 199 days -- [33]
Markandey Katju Allahabad 30 November 1991 27 Aug 2004 – 27 Nov 2004 9 April 2006[‡] 93 days 14 years, 131 days Elevated as CJ of Madras [34]
Vishnu Sahai Allahabad 1 February 1994 28 Nov 2004 – 29 Dec 2004 29 December 2004 32 days 10 years, 333 days Retired as ACJ [35]
Jagadish Bhalla Chhattisgarh 5 April 1995 19 May 2007 – 1 Feb 2008 31 October 2010 259 days 15 years, 210 days Elevated as CJ of Himachal Pradesh [36]
I. M. Quddusi Orissa 18 April 1995 19 May 2008 – 15 Jul 2008 17 June 2012 58 days 17 years, 61 days -- [37]
11 May 2009 – 13 Nov 2009 187 days [38]
18 Nov 2009 – 24 Mar 2010 127 days Transferred to Chhattisgarh
Vijay Manohar Sahai Gujarat 5 February 1999 29 Sep 2014 – 12 Aug 2015 12 August 2015 318 days 16 years, 189 days Retired as ACJ [39]
Sushil Harkauli Jharkhand 11 Jun 2010 – 21 Aug 2010 1 August 2013 72 days 14 years, 178 days -- [40]
Madhya Pradesh 5 Aug 2011 – 16 Oct 2012 1 year, 73 days Transferred to Allahabad
Prakash Chandra Verma Uttarakhand 1 Apr 2003 – 4 Aug 2003 11 January 2013 126 days 13 years, 342 days -- [41]
18 Dec 2003 – 24 Jul 2004 220 days
7 Jan 2006 – 13 Jan 2006 7 days
R. K. Agrawal Madras 7 Feb 2013 – 23 Oct 2013 16 February 2014[‡] 259 days 15 years, 12 days Became permanent
Sheo Kumar Singh Allahabad 24 April 2001 21 Oct 2013 – 30 Oct 2013 30 September 2014 10 days 13 years, 160 days -- [42]
Sunil Ambwani Rajasthan 6 Aug 2014 – 23 Mar 2015 22 August 2015 230 days 14 years, 121 days Became permanent
Ashok Bhushan Kerala 2 Aug 2014 – 25 Mar 2015 12 May 2016[‡] 236 days 15 years, 19 days
Ram Bhawan Misra Himachal Pradesh 10 Aug 2009 – 8 Feb 2010 1 August 2013 183 days 12 years, 100 days -- [43]
8 Mar 2013 – 3 Apr 2013 27 days
Rakesh Tiwari Calcutta 14 February 2002 20 Sep 2017 – 24 Oct 2017 24 October 2017 35 days 15 years, 253 days Retired as ACJ [44]
Vimlesh Kumar Shukla Allahabad 21 December 2002 13 May 2016 – 29 Jul 2016 2 June 2017 78 days 14 years, 164 days -- [45]
Tarun Agarwala Uttarakhand 7 January 2004 25 Sep 2009 – 28 Nov 2009 2 March 2018 65 days 14 years, 55 days [46]
M. K. Gupta Allahabad 12 April 2013 22 Nov 2023 – 4 Feb 2024 Incumbent 75 days 13 years, 112 days
Ashwani Kumar Mishra Punjab & Haryana 3 February 2014 2 Jun 2026 – Incumbent 61 days 12 years, 180 days [47]
  1. 1 2 this includes date of resignation, death and elevation to supreme court
  2. ↑ also includes tenure as Chief Justice
  3. ↑ Then Federal Court of India
  4. ↑ Then known as High Court of princely state of Udaipur

Judges elevated to Supreme Court

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This section includes the list of only those judges whose parent high court was Allahabad. This includes those judges who, at the time of elevation to Supreme Court of India, may not be serving in Allahabad High Court but this list does not include judges who at the time of elevation were serving in Allahabad High Court but does not have Allahabad as their Parent High Court.

# Name of the Judge Image Date of Appointment Date of Retirement Tenure Immediately preceding office
In Parent High Court In Supreme Court In High Court(s) In Supreme Court Total tenure[a]
1 Ghulam Hasan 25 July 1948 8 September 1952[b] 5 November 1954[†] 2 years, 344 days 2 years, 59 days 5 years,
38 days		 --
2 Kailas Nath Wanchoo 17 February 1947 11 August 1958 24 February 1968 11 years, 175 days 9 years, 198 days 21 years, 8 days 2nd CJ of Rajasthan HC
3 Raghubar Dayal 22 July 1946 27 July 1960 25 October 1965 14 years, 5 days 5 years, 91 days 19 years, 96 days Judge of Allahabad HC
4 Vashishtha Bhargava 1 August 1949 8 August 1966 4 February 1971 17 years, 7 days 4 years, 181 days 21 years, 188 days 17th CJ of Allahabad HC
5 Mirza Hameedullah Beg 11 June 1963 10 December 1971 21 February 1978 8 years, 182 days 6 years, 74 days 14 years, 256 days 1st CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
6 Surendra Narayan Dwivedi 12 May 1959 14 August 1972 8 December 1974[†] 13 years, 94 days 2 years, 117 days 15 years, 211 days Judge of Allahabad HC
7 Raghunandan Swarup Pathak 1 October 1962 20 February 1978 18 June 1989[RES] 15 years, 142 days 11 years, 119 days 26 years, 261 days 2nd CJ of Himachal Pradesh HC
8 Ram Briksha Misra 3 January 1968 30 January 1981 15 June 1986 13 years, 27 days 5 years, 137 days 18 years, 164 days Judge of Allahabad HC
9 Kamal Narain Singh 25 August 1970 10 March 1986 12 December 1991 15 years, 197 days 5 years, 278 days 21 years, 110 days Judge of Allahabad HC
10 Narayan Dutta Ojha 3 September 1971 18 January 1988 18 January 1991 16 years, 139 days 3 years, 1 day 19 years, 138 days 11th CJ of Madhya Pradesh HC
11 Ram Manohar Sahai 27 January 1976 11 January 1990 24 June 1995 13 years, 349 days 5 years, 165 days 19 years, 149 days Judge of Allahabad HC
12 Saiyed Saghir Ahmad 2 November 1981 6 March 1995 30 June 2000 13 years, 124 days 5 years, 117 days 18 years, 242 days CJ of undivided Andhra Pradesh HC
13 Vishweshwar Nath Khare 25 June 1983 21 March 1997 1 May 2004 13 years, 269 days 7 years, 42 days 21 years, 38 days 29th CJ of Calcutta HC
14 Ajay Prakash Misra 24 May 1984 4 December 1997 31 August 2001 13 years, 194 days 3 years, 271 days 17 years, 100 days 18th CJ of Delhi HC
15 Brijesh Kumar 19 October 2000 9 June 2004 16 years, 148 days 3 years, 235 days 20 years, 17 days 25th CJ of Gauhati HC
16 Govind Prasad Mathur 6 July 1990 20 December 2002 19 January 2008 12 years, 167 days 5 years, 31 days 17 years, 198 days Acting CJ of Allahabad HC
17 Markandey Katju 30 November 1991 10 April 2006 19 September 2011 14 years, 131 days 5 years, 163 days 19 years, 294 days 23rd CJ of Delhi HC
18 Balbir Singh Chauhan 5 April 1995 11 May 2009 1 July 2014 14 years, 36 days 5 years, 52 days 19 years, 88 days 22nd CJ of Orissa HC
19 Rajesh Kumar Agrawal 5 February 1999 17 February 2014 4 May 2018 15 years, 12 days 4 years, 77 days 19 years, 89 days 37th CJ of Madras HC
20 Ashok Bhushan 24 April 2001 13 May 2016 4 July 2021 15 years, 19 days 5 years, 53 days 20 years, 72 days 31st CJ of Kerala HC
21 Vineet Saran 14 February 2002 7 August 2018 10 May 2022 16 years, 174 days 3 years, 277 days 20 years, 86 days 29th CJ of Orissa HC
22 Krishna Murari 7 January 2004 23 September 2019 8 July 2023 15 years, 259 days 3 years, 289 days 19 years, 183 days 34th CJ of Punjab & Haryana HC
23 Vikram Nath 24 September 2004 31 August 2021 Incumbent 16 years, 340 days 4 years, 336 days 21 years, 312 days 25th CJ of Gujarat HC
24 Pankaj Mithal 7 July 2006 6 February 2023 16 June 2026 16 years, 214 days 3 years, 131 days 19 years, 345 days 40th CJ of Rajasthan HC
25 Manoj Misra 21 November 2011 Incumbent 11 years, 76 days 3 years, 177 days 14 years, 254 days Judge of Allahabad HC
  1. ↑ Includes both tenure as High Court Judge as well as Supreme Court Judge
  2. ↑ Retired as High Court Judge on 3 July 1951 before being elevated to Supreme Court of India

Critical assessment

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Case load

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Uttar Pradesh has at least 9 times more pending cases than any other state.[citation needed]

Allahabad High Court as of 2022, has 9.33 lakh cases pending in the fast-track courts of Uttar Pradesh, followed by over 1.04 lakh cases in Maharashtra, 1.02 lakh cases in Tamil Nadu, 71,261 cases in West Bengal and 12,538 cases in Telangana.

A bench at Meerut is needed[according to whom?] as a lot of corporate and capital investments in Noida, have gone to other states due to more readily accessibility of justice in corporate affairs.[citation needed]

The decision by Foxconn and Winston to choose Tamil Nadu and Karnataka as their manufacturing hub has been attributed by experts[who?] for this very same reason.[citation needed]

The NCR planning committee recommended setting up a High Court bench in Meerut with utmost priority.[48]

References

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  3. 1 2 Joshi 2008, p. 118
  4. ↑ "Lawyers rally for Meerut HC bench, suspend all work on Saturdays". The Times of India. 3 September 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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  16. ↑ "Installation of Sir Iqbal Ahmad as Chief Justice". Allahabad Law Journal. 39: 69. 1941.
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