Lawsikho

Deadline Open Deadline

Location Allahabad High Court

Salary Unpaid

Details of the Organization

By 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 Majesty’s 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 ‘the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad’ by a supplementary Letters patent issued on March 11, 1919. The Oudh Chief Court at Lucknow, replacing the Oudh Judicial Commissioner’s 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 (Governor’s 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 Governors’ 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 is 160.

Details of the Job/Internship

Judicial internship at Allahabad High Court is open. Law students may apply for an Internship at the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (at Prayagraj & Lucknow).

Subject to approval, one non-remunerative Internship may be offered to the suitable applicants, for a minimum term of four (4) weeks. It may be extended up to six weeks (in all), on the written request of the Law Intern, based on their performance.

Eligibility

Applicant must be enrolled in a five-year law degree program, recognized by the Bar Council of India.
Applicant must either be in the 4th or 5th year of their five-year law course or in the 2nd or 3rd year of their three-year law course.
Applicant should have a sound academic and co-curricular record.
Applicant should possess basic computer skills; be adept at legal research; be conversant with online-research software(s) and common MS Office applications.
Applicant must have completed at least two other Internships of not less than 30 days / 4 weeks each, with a lawyer, law firm, or Court.

Salary/Stipend

Unpaid

Type of Opportunity

Fulltime

Country

India

Address

Allahabad High Court

Application and Registration Details

Applicants may apply through online mode only.
Application may be made three (03) months before the proposed date of commencement of the Internship.
Applicant must upload the below-mentioned documents along with their online application form –
Marksheet of each Semester/ Term examination for the first three years of the five-year law course, being pursued by them.
Forwarding letter of the College/University/Law School issued by the Head of Department, Dean, Director, or the Registrar as the case may be, mentioning the proposed period of Internship and area/subject of interest, together and the official e-mail id of the issuing authority, at which confirmation may be sought.
Certificate/s of previous Internship experience, if any, together with the official email ID of the issuing authority at which confirmation may be sought.
Current Student Identity card, issued to the applicant, by the Law School/College/University, with the official email ID of the issuing authority.
Upon successful submission of an application form, a unique Application ID shall be generated and communicated to the applicant. It may be referred to in all subsequent communications.
Subject to due verification of documents, shortlisted applicants may be Interviewed through ‘Video Conferencing’ only.
The shortlisted applicant shall be intimated the start date of their Internship, about one month in advance. The applicants not shortlisted shall be informed accordingly, at the earliest.