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The Allahabad High Court

The High Court of Judicature at Allahabad has jurisdiction over the entire state of Uttar Pradesh. Its principal seat sits at Prayagraj, and it maintains a permanent bench at Lucknow — established in 1948 — which hears matters arising from the Awadh-region districts, including Lucknow, Barabanki, Sitapur, Hardoi, and Rae Bareli, among others. The two benches run independent case boards, so which bench holds a given matter is the first thing to establish before filing or tracking it.

The Court is one of the oldest in India, established in 1866, and carries one of the largest sanctioned judge strengths of any High Court in the country — a factor that shapes listing timelines and bench allocation in ways worth accounting for at the outset of a matter.

Matters Commonly Arising
What Typically Comes Up
Writ
Writ Jurisdiction
Article 226 petitions form a substantial share of the docket, spanning service, land acquisition, and regulatory matters.
Revenue
Land & Revenue Disputes
Title, tenancy, and mutation disputes routed through the revenue court hierarchy before reaching the High Court.
Commercial
Commercial Disputes
Commercial courts constituted under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 handle specified-value commercial matters, including contract and arbitration-related applications.
Arbitration
Arbitration Applications
Section 9 and Section 34 applications under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, including matters arising from NCR-adjacent commercial activity.
Criminal
Bail & Criminal Appeals
A significant volume of bail applications and criminal appeals, given the size of the state's subordinate court system.
Regulatory
RERA & Real Estate
Disputes before UP-RERA and appeals arising from its orders, relevant given the scale of real estate development in NCR-adjacent districts.
How Matters Are Handled
Correspondent Counsel, Not a Local Office

Mayach & Co. does not maintain an office in Uttar Pradesh. Matters arising in the state — whether before the Prayagraj seat, the Lucknow Bench, or a district court — are advised on from the New Delhi chambers and coordinated through correspondent counsel local to the relevant court, in the manner standard to Indian legal practice. See Matters Outside Delhi for how this works generally.