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BĀ y
the
Indian
High
Courts
Act
passed
by
British
Parliament
in
1861,
provision
was
made,
not
only
for
the
replacement
of
the
Supreme
Courts
of
Calcutta,
Madras
and
Bombay
and
for
the
establishment
of
High
Courts
in
their
places,
but
for
the
establishment
of
a
High
Court
by
Letters
Patent
in
any
other
part
of
Her
Majestyās
territories
not
already
included
in
the
jurisdiction
of
another
High
Court.
In
the
year
1866,
the
High
Court
of
Judicature
for
the
North-Western
Provinces
came
into
existence
at
Agra
under
Letters
Patent
of
the
17th
March,
1866,
replacing
the
old
Sudder
Diwanny
Adawlat.
Sir
Walter
Morgan,
Barrister-at-Law
and
Mr.
Simpson
were
appointed
the
first
Chief
Justice
and
the
first
Registrar
respectively
of
High
Court
of
North-Western
Provinces.
The
seat
of
the
High
Court
for
the
North-Western
Provinces
was
shifted
from
Agra
to
Allahabad
in
1869
and
its
designation
was
altered
to
āthe
High
Court
of
Judicature
at
Allahabadā
by
a
supplementary
Letters
patent
issued
on
March
11,
1919.
The
Oudh
Chief
Court
at
Lucknow,
replacing
the
Oudh
Judicial
Commissionerās
Court,
was
established
on
November
2,
1925
not
by
Letters
Patent
but
by
the
Oudh
Civil
Courts
Act,
IV
of
1925,
enacted
by
the
U.P.
Legislature
with
the
previous
sanction
of
the
Governor-General
to
the
passing
of
this
Act,
as
required
by
the
Government
of
India
Act,
1919s.
80-A
(3).
By
the
U.P.
High
Court
Amalgamation
Order,
1948,
the
Chief
Court
of
Oudh
was
amalgamated
with
the
High
Court
of
Allahabad
and
the
new
High
Court
was
conferred
the
jurisdiction
of
both
the
Courts
so
amalgamated.
By
the
Amalgamation
Order
the
jurisdiction
of
the
Court
under
the
Letters
Patent
and
that
of
the
Chief
Court
under
the
Oudh
Courts
Act
was
preserved.
In
July,
1949
the
States
Merger
(Governorās
Provinces)
order
was
passed
which
was
amended
in
November
the
States
Merger
(United
Provinces)
Order,
1949
whereby
the
powers
of
the
Government
of
some
Indian
States
specified
in
the
Schedule,
which
had
vested
in
the
Dominion
Government
were
transferred
to
the
adjoining
Governorsā
Provinces.
In
Schedule
VII,
Rampur,
Benaras
and
Tehri
Garhwal
were
the
States
specified,
and
by
section
3
the
said
states
were
to
be
administered
in
all
respects
as
if
they
formed
part
of
the
absorbing
province.
On
the
eve
of
the
Republic
Day
celebrations
on
the
26th
January,
1950
the
date
of
commencement
of
the
Constitution
of
India,
the
High
Court
of
Judicature
at
Allahabad
came
to
have
jurisdiction
throughout
the
entire
length
and
breadth
of
the
State
of
Uttar
Pradesh.
By
the
Uttar
Pradesh
Reorganisation
Act,
2000,
State
of
Uttaranchal
and
Uttaranchal
High
Court
came
into
existence
from
the
midnight
intervening
8
and
9
November,
2000
and
in
view
of
section
35
of
the
Act,
High
Court
at
Allahabad
ceased
to
have
jurisdiction
of
13
districts
falling
within
the
territory
of
State
of
Uttaranchal.
At
present,
sanctioned
strength
of
Judges
of
the
High
Court
of
Judicature
at
Allahabad
isĀ 160.
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