The Allahabad High Court based in Prayagraj (Allahabad) that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
History :- It was established on 17 march 1866, making it the fourth high court 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. 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 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.
Chief Justice
Justice Govind Mathur is the current Chief Justice of the Court.
List of Chief Justices
| # | Chief Justice | Term | 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 | Kamala Kanta Verma | कमल कांत वर्मा | 1946–1947 | |
| After Independence | ||||
| 14 | Bidhu Bhushan Malik | बिधु भूषण मलिक | 1947–1955 | Sarojini Naidu |
| 15 | O.H. 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 | Biswanath Das |
| 18 | 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 | D. M. 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 | Hriday Nath 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 | B. P. Jeevan Reddy | बी. पी. जीवन रेड्डी | 1990–1991 | B. Satya Narayan Reddy |
| 32 | Manoj Kumar Mukherjee | मनोज कुमार मुख़र्जी | 1991–1993 | |
| 33 | S. S. Sodhi | एस. एस. लोधी | 1994–1995 | Motilal Vora |
| 34 | A. Lakshman Rao | ए. लक्ष्मण राव | 1995–1996 | |
| 35 | D. P. Mohapatra | डी. पी. महापात्र | 1996–1998 | |
| 36 | N. K. 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 Y. Chandrachud | धनञ्जय यशवंत चंद्रचूड़ | 31 October 2013 – 12 May 2016 | |
| 46 | Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale | दिलीप बाबासाहेब भोसले | 30 July 2016 – 23 October 2018 | Ram Naik |
| 47 | Govind Mathur | गोविन्द माथुर | 14 November 2018 – Incumbent | |