Overview

• Chief Justice B R Gavai officially inaugurated a new multistorey complex at the Allahabad High Court on May 31, featuring 2,500 advocate chambers and a multi-level parking facility built at a cost of ₹680 crore.
• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and seven Supreme Court judges joined the ceremony in Prayagraj.
• Gavai lauded the Constitution’s role in keeping India united during crises and emphasised that bench and bar must work together to drive the “chariot of justice.”
• The project involved vacating 12 judicial bungalows to accommodate the facility, which the CJI described as a potential benchmark for court infrastructure nationwide.
• Adityanath announced the state government has approved ₹1,700 crore for integrated court complexes across seven districts, extending the high court’s model to district judiciary.