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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Allahabad High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, established in 1866 and constitutionally continued under Article 214 of the Constitution.
- What is the constitutional basis for the Allahabad High Court's writ jurisdiction?
- How is the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court constituted?
- Why is the Allahabad High Court significant in post-independence history?
- When and where was the court founded?

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The Allahabad High Court is the High Court of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, established in 1866 and constitutionally continued under Article 214 of the Constitution.

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1. 17 March 1866

   The Allahabad High Court is the principal court of record for the state of Uttar Pradesh, originally constituted as the High Court of Judicature for the Nort…

2. 12 June 1975

   State of Uttar Pradesh (Indira Nehru Gandhi case, )\*\*, Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha set aside the election of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for corrupt electoral…

3. 25 June 1975

   State of Uttar Pradesh (Indira Nehru Gandhi case, 12 June 1975)\*\*, Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha set aside the election of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for corru…

4. 30 September 2010

   Siddiq / Ram Janmabhoomi)\*\*, the Lucknow Bench delivered its three-way partition verdict on , later set aside by the Supreme Court in 2019.

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In 1975, Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha of the Allahabad High Court invalidated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Rae Bareli election for electoral malpractice, a ruling that triggered the 25 June 1975 Emergency.

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