Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court, officially known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is the high court based in the city of Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad, 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
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 1875 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 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. 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. 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 Pritinker Diwaker is the current Chief Justice of the High Court. List of chief justices

Meerut High Court Bench Demand 
Residents of Western Uttar Pradesh have also been long demanding 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. People have to travel 700 kms away to Allahabad for hearings. Infact 6 high courts (Shimla, Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Nainital, Jammu) from other states are closer than Allahabad from western Uttar Pradesh. Even Lahore high court is closer than Allahabad. While west UP accounts for 51.71% of state GDP, the lagging Bundelkhand accounts for just 5.22%, though it has risen from 4.95% bringing some solace to the government. Western Uttar Pradesh has been generating most revenues for the government and not given enough representation in government and justice system. Chief Justice and judges 
The court has a Sanctioned strength of 160 (Permanent:120, Additional:40) judges. Judges elevated to the Supreme Court of India-

Sitting Judges of Allahabad High Court-

Reporting and citation 
Journals that report Allahabad High Court Judgements include 
 Allahabad Criminal Cases, 
  Allahabad Law Journal
  Allahabad Law Reports
  Allahabad Daily Judgement
  Allahabad Civil Journal
  Allahabad Weekly Cases
  Allahabad Rent Cases
  Accidents Claims Journal
  Allahabad Criminal Rulings
  Criminal Law Journal
  Motor Accident Claims
  Revenue Decisions
  U.P. Local Bodies and Education Cases
  Lucknow Civil Decisions (LCD)
  All India Judicial Interpretation on Crimes

High Court Service 
The Office staff 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
Commemorative stamps released by India Post -

