UP: HC bar assn. will celebrate 150 years; CM Yogi to attend the ceremony today

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju will attend the last day of the event on February 4. Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court Rajesh Bindal will be the special guest on the occasion. HCBA was founded on February 3, 1873.

It may be noted here that in 1869 the High Court, then known as the High Court for the North-Western Provinces, was shifted from Agra to Allahabad. At that time the Bar consisted of barristers of the Bar of England and Ireland, barristers of Scotland and Vakils enrolled by the Supreme Court.

Some of the legendary members of the bar include names like Pt Ajudhia Nath, Sir Sunder Lal, Pt Moti Lal Nehru, Pt Madan Mohan Malviya, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, Dr Satish Chandra Banerji, Dr Sachchidanand Sinha, Sri Purshottam Das Tandon and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

Ashutosh Tripathi in a joint press statement of HCBA further informed that on the occasion, Chief Guest Yogi Adityanath will unveil photographs of three senior advocates – RP Goyal, Keshari Nath Tripathi and SC Budhwar. Supreme Court judges Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Vikram Nath, Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, Rajasthan HC Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and two senior judges of Allahabad HC Justice Pritinkar Diwakar and Justice Manoj Misra will also attend the valedictory programme. State Bar Council Chairman Panchu Ram Maurya will also attend the valedictorian programme.

The CM will attend the program from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM and will return to Lucknow at 5:25 PM.