The Allahabad High Court was established in:

The Allahabad High Court was established on 17 March 1866 as the High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces, under the Indian High Courts Act, 1861.

Original seat at Agra:

• The High Court was first set up at Agra.
• It was shifted to Allahabad (now Prayagraj) in 1869.

Change of name:

• In 1919, its name was changed to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad.
• In 1948, the Chief Court of Awadh at Lucknow was amalgamated with the Allahabad High Court.
• Today, the Allahabad High Court has a permanent bench at Lucknow.

Importance of the Allahabad High Court:

• It has the largest sanctioned strength of judges among all High Courts in India.
• It handles a very large number of cases because Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state.
• Its building in Prayagraj is a well-known landmark.

Famous cases:

• In 1975, Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha of the Allahabad High Court set aside the election of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in a petition filed by Raj Narain.
• In 2010, the Allahabad High Court delivered a judgment in the Ayodhya title dispute, which was later decided finally by the Supreme Court in 2019.

Other early High Courts:

• The High Courts of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras were established in the 1860s under the Indian High Courts Act, 1861.
• The Allahabad High Court was the fourth High Court to be established in India.

Notable persons:

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Motilal Nehru and Tej Bahadur Sapru were among the famous lawyers who practised in the Allahabad High Court.

Jurisdiction:

• It has jurisdiction over the state of Uttar Pradesh.
• After the creation of Uttarakhand, a separate High Court was set up at Nainital.

Why not the other options?

• ✗1858 is the year the Crown took over from the East India Company.
• ✗1875 and 1916 do not match; 1916 is the year of the Patna High Court.