Kailash Nath Katju was a prominent politician of India. He was the Governor of Odisha and West Bengal,the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh,the Union Home Minister and the Union Defence Minister. He was also one of India's most prominent lawyers. He was part of some of the most notable cases of his times,including the Indian National Army trials. Katju joined the Indian independence movement early on and spent several years incarcerated with fellow independence activists for his activities.
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.
Justice Jagmohanlal Sinha was an Indian judge known for his 1975 ruling in the State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain lawsuit,which invalidated the election of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Mirza Hameedullah Beg was the 15th Chief Justice of India,serving from January 1977 to February 1978.
Markandey Katju is an Indian jurist and former judge of Supreme Court of India who served as chairman for the Press Council of India from 2011 to 2014. He is the son of politician Shiva Nath Katju and grandson of Kailash Nath Katju. He is the founder and patron of the Indian Reunification Association (IRA),an organisation that advocates for the peaceful reunification of what is now Pakistan and Bangladesh with India under a secular government.
Vishweshwar Nath Khare is a retired Indian judge who served as the 33rd Chief Justice of India,from 19 December 2002 to 2 May 2004. He also served as the Chancellor of the Central University of Jharkhand from 2017 to 2023. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of India from 21 March 1997 before he was elevated to the post of Chief Justice.
Raghunandan Swarup Pathak was the 18th Chief Justice of India. He was the son of Gopal Swarup Pathak,a former Vice President of India.
Sir Shah Muhammad Sulaiman was the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court from 16 March 1932 to 30 September 1937 and was the first Indian and one of the youngest to hold the post. Sulaiman was the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University from 1938 to 1941.
Dinesh Maheshwari is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court &High Court of Meghalaya. He took the oath as a Judge of Rajasthan High Court on 2 September 2004. He was transferred to the Allahabad High Court and remained senior Judge at the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court from 2 March 2015. He took oath as Chief Justice of the High Court of Meghalaya on 24 February 2016. On transfer to Karnataka,Justice Maheshwari took oath as 30th Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka on 12 February 2018. He took oath as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 18 January 2019.
Pankaj Mithal is a Judge of The Supreme Court of India. He is the former Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court. Previously,he has also served as the Chief Justice of the Jammu &Kashmir and Ladakh High Court and Judge of the Allahabad High Court.
Vineet Saran is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and the ethics officer and ombudsman in the Board of Control for Cricket in India. He is a former chief justice of the Orissa High Court. He is also a former judge of the Karnataka High Court and Allahabad High Court.
Sudhanshu Dhulia is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is former chief justice of the Gauhati High Court and judge of the Uttarakhand High Court.
Govind Mathur is an Indian Judge. He is former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court and former Judge of Allahabad High Court and Rajasthan High Court.
Daya Saran Sinha was an Indian judge and the eighteenth chief justice of the Gujarat High Court. He also served as the first chairperson of the Gujarat State Human Rights Commission.
Krishna Murari is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India and former chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He has also served as a judge of the Allahabad High Court till his elevation as chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Vikram Nath is a judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is a former chief justice of the Gujarat High Court and former judge of the Allahabad High Court. He was earlier recommended as chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court but the centre disapproved the recommendations. He is the first chief justice of a High Court in India to live stream its proceedings on Youtube during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
Sir George Edward Knox was a British Indian judge who worked in the high court of Allahabad. He was known for his knowledge of Indian languages and his ability to work without the need for translators.
Munishwar Nath Bhandari is an Indian Judge. He is former Chief Justice of Madras High Court and currently serving as the Chairman,Appellate Tribunal under SAFEM Act,1976. He has also served as Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court and Allahabad High Court and Judge of Allahabad High Court and Rajasthan High Court.
Ramesh Sinha is an Indian Judge. Presently,he is Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court. He is former Judge of Allahabad High Court.
