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Sl. Ct. Name of Hon’ble Judges Jurisdiction No. No. DIVISION BENCHES FOR CIVIL MATTERS 1 CJ’s Hon. The Chief Justice Fresh and Listed as e-Court: Court Hon. Siddhartha Varma, J. (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. Public interest litigation (Civil and Criminal); 2. Application under Article 228 of the Constitution of India; 3. Tolls on river bridges in U.P. matters; 4. Environment matters; 5. Special Appeal. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. Public interest litigation (Civil and Criminal); 2. Application under Article 228 of the Constitution of India; 3. Tolls on river bridges in U.P. matters; 4. Environment matters; 5. Special Appeal. 2 29 Hon. Munishwar Nath Bhandari, J. Fresh and Listed: Hon. Piyush Agrawal, J. (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. Writ 'A'; 2. Writ 'C'- Fresh Land acquisition & mines and minerals; 3. Writ 'C'-Listed Land acquisition & mines and minerals from the year 2020. 3 32 Hon. S. K. Gupta, J. Fresh and Listed: Hon. Pankaj Bhatia, J. (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. Writ 'C'- Fresh matters not provided elsewhere; 2. Writ 'C'- Listed matters not provided elsewhere from the year 2020; 3. Custom, Excise & Tax matters which includes Tax Writs, recovery of Tax, Appeals and applications arising out of 'Direct' and 'Indirect' taxes and tax references; 4. Writ 'C'- Listed matters up to the 2

year 2010. 4 40 Hon. Abhinava Upadhya, J. Fresh and Listed: Hon. Prakash Padia, J. (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. F.A.F.O. 2. First Appeals; 3. Family Court appeals; 4. Writ ‘C’ – Listed matters from the year 2011 to 2015. 5 46 Hon. N. A. Moonis, J. Fresh and Listed: Hon. Vivek Varma, J. (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. Writ 'C'- Fresh Recovery matters; 2. Writ 'C'- Listed Recovery matters from the year 2020; 3. Writ-C – Listed matters from the year 2016 to 2019; 4. Matters relating to Commercial Appellate Division. 6 5 Hon. S. P. Kesarwani, J. Fresh and Listed as e-Court: Hon. Dr. Y. K. Srivastava, J. (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. All Civil matters except provided in any other e-Court. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. Writ ‘C’ – Fresh Local bodies and authorities and Development authorities matters; 2. Writ ‘C’ – Listed Local bodies and authorities and Development authorities matters from the year 2020. DIVISION BENCHES FOR CRIMINAL MATTERS 1 7 Hon. Pritinker Diwaker, J. Fresh and Listed as e-Court: Hon. P. K. Srivastava, J. (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. All Criminal matters except provided in any other e-Court. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. Contempt Appeal; 2. Criminal contempt; 3. Capital Cases; 4. Habeas corpus writ; 5. Criminal Cases pertaining to Members of Parliament, Members of Legislative Assembly and Members of Legislative Council; 3

6. Criminal Appeals including appeals under section 372, 378 Cr.P.C. & Government Appeals pertaining to rape and other sexual offences. 2 45 Hon. B. Amit Sthalekar, J. Fresh and Listed: Hon. Shekhar Kumar Yadav, J. (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. Fresh Criminal Appeal and fresh Government Appeal (except provided elsewhere); 2. Listed Criminal Appeal from the year 2018 (except provided elsewhere); 3. Listed Government Appeal from the year 2015 (except provided elsewhere). 3 43 Hon. Pankaj Naqvi, J. Fresh and Listed as e-Court: Hon. Vivek Agarwal, J. (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. Criminal writs. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. Criminal Writs. 4 48 Hon. Manoj Misra, J. Fresh and Listed: Hon. S. D. Singh, J. (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. Supreme Court expedited Criminal Appeal; 2. Jail Appeal; 3. Listed Criminal Appeals up to 2005 (except provided elsewhere). 5 52 Hon. Bachchoo Lal, J. Fresh and Listed: Hon.Subhash Chandra Sharma, J. (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. Applications under Sections 372, 378, 389(2) Cr.P.C.; 2. Listed Criminal appeal from the year 2015 to 2017 (except provided elsewhere); 3. Listed Government Appeals from the year 2005 to 2014 (except provided elsewhere).

6 38 Hon. Arvind Kumar Mishra-I, J. Fresh and Listed: Hon. Subhash Chand, J. (Order, Admission & Hearing) 1. Criminal Appeals under Section 372, 378 Cr.P.C. (except provided elsewhere); 2. Listed Criminal Appeals from the year 2006 to 2014 (except provided elsewhere); 4

3. Listed Government Appeals up to the year 2004 (except provided elsewhere). SINGLE JUDGE BENCHES FOR CIVIL MATTERS 1 35 Hon. M. K. Gupta, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Writ 'C' – Matters arising out of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and other Labour Laws; 2. Writ ‘C’ – Married Couple Security, Fair price shop & Indian Stamp Act. 2 9 Hon. Anjani Kumar Mishra, J. Fresh and Listed as e-Court: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Applications under Section 24 C.P.C.; 2. Civil Revisions; 3. Company cases; 4. All Civil matters except provided in any other e-Court. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Writ ‘B’ - Matters not provided elsewhere. 3 71 Hon. M. C. Tripathi, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Civil matters under Art. 227 of the Constitution of India; 2. Civil Contempt; 3. Writ ‘A’ – Listed Service matters up to the year 2015. 4 50 Hon. V. K. Birla, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. F.A.F.O. 2. Writ ‘A’ – Transport; 3. Writ ‘A’ - Rent control/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India pertaining to rent control; 4. S.C.C. Revision; 5. Writ petitions arising out of the orders of BIFR and AAIFR.

5 39 Hon. Ashwani Kumar Mishra, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Writ ‘C’– Matters except provided elsewhere. 5

6 64 Hon. Salil Kumar Rai, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Writ ‘C’ – P.I.L. 2. Writ ‘C’ – matters pertaining to U.P.Z.A. & L.R. Act, U.P. Land Revenue Act & U.P. Revenue Code; 3. Writ ‘B’ - Fresh Board of Revenue matters; 4. Writ ‘B’- Listed Board of Revenue matters from the year 2020. 7 80 Hon. Saral Srivastava, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Writ 'A' - Fresh Local bodies, corporations & Co-operative societies matters; 2. Writ 'A'- Listed Local bodies, corporations & Co-operative societies matters from the year 2020; 3. Writ ‘A’ – Listed Service matters from the year 2016 to 2018. 8 74 Hon. Ajit Kumar, J. Fresh and Listed as e-Court: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Writ ‘A’ - All Service matters. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Writ ‘A’ – Education Service; 2. Writ ‘C’ - matters pertaining to educational institutions including society matters relating to educational institutions. 9 83 Hon. Ajay Bhanot, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Writ ‘A’ - Service writ relating to employees and officers of the High Court and District Judiciary; 2. Writ ‘A’ – Fresh Service matters (except provided elsewhere); 3. Writ ‘A’ – Listed Service matters from the year 2019 (except provided elsewhere).

10 10 Hon. Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Tax & Excise matters including central taxation; 6

2. Arbitration Matters including Appeal under Section 37 and application under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996; 3. Matters relating to Commercial Division. 11 36 Hon. Sanjay Kumar Pachori, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. First appeal; 2. Testamentary/Probate matter; 3. R.E.R.A. Appeals; 4. Second Appeals. SINGLE JUDGE BENCHES FOR CRIMINAL MATTERS 1 1 Hon. Ramesh Sinha, J. Fresh and Listed as e-Court: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Major Bail applications; 2. All Criminal matters except provided in any other e-Court. Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Listed Criminal Revision from the year 2009 to 2013. 2 34 Hon. Suneet Kumar, J. Fresh and Listed as e-Court: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Matters pertaining to Prevention of Corruption Act and/or matters investigated by C.B.I. (except criminal appeal); 2. Matters arising out of investigation by Enforcement Directorate; 3. NRHM and Ghaziabad GPF scam matters; 4. Criminal Cases pertaining to Members of Parliament, Members of Legislative Assembly and Members of Legislative Council. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Matters pertaining to Prevention of Corruption Act and/or matters investigated by C.B.I. (except criminal appeal); 2. Matters arising out of investigation by Enforcement 7

Directorate; 3. NRHM and Ghaziabad GPF scam matters; 4. Criminal Cases pertaining to Members of Parliament, Members of Legislative Assembly and Members of Legislative Council. 3 81 Hon. Yashwant Varma, J. Fresh and Listed as e-Court: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Application under Section 438 Cr.P.C. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Application under Section 438 Cr.P.C. 4 54 Hon. D. K. Singh-I, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Fresh Major Bail Applications under section 302 I.P.C. (Sole or with any other offence/Special Act or with u/s 376 I.P.C.); 2. Listed Major Bail Applications under section 302 I.P.C. (Sole or with any other offence/Special Act or with u/s 376 I.P.C.) from the year 2020.

5 78 Hon. Rajiv Joshi, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Fresh Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. /Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – State cases pertaining to section 302 I.P.C. (sole or with any other offence); 2. Listed Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. /Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – State cases pertaining to section 302 I.P.C. (sole or with any other offence) from the year 2020; 3. Listed Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. of the year 2018. 6 67 Hon. Rahul Chaturvedi, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Fresh Criminal Appeals (except provided elsewhere); 2. Listed Criminal Appeals from the 8

year 2020 (except provided elsewhere). 7 66 Hon. J. J. Munir, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Habeas Corpus Writ; 2. Listed Criminal Writ and Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India up to the year 2019. 8 77 Hon. Rajiv Gupta, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Major Bail Applications (except provided elsewhere). 9 70 Hon. Siddharth, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Fresh Minor Bail Applications pertaining to chapter XVII & XVIII I.P.C; 2. Listed Minor Bail Applications pertaining to chapter XVII & XVIII I.P.C. from the year 2020. 10 59 Hon. Rajeev Misra, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Application under Sections 378, 372, 389(2) and 407 Cr.P.C; 2. Listed Criminal appeal including appeal under Section 372, 378 Cr.P.C. & Government Appeal from the year 2006 to 2012 (except provided elsewhere). 11 76 Hon. Vivek Kumar Singh, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Minor Bail Applications (except provided elsewhere). 12 72 Hon. Neeraj Tiwari, J. Fresh and Listed as e-Court: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Minor Bail applications. Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Listed Criminal Revision up to the year 2008. 13 51 Hon. Manju Rani Chauhan, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Fresh Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. /Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – State cases pertaining to section 304-B 9

I.P.C. and other matrimonial offences (sole or with any other offence); 2. Listed Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. /Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – State cases pertaining to section 304-B I.P.C. and other matrimonial offences (sole or with any other offence) from the year 2020; 3. Listed Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. of the year 2019. 14 84 Hon. R. K. Gautam, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Fresh Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. /Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – Complaint cases pertaining to Special Acts; 2. Listed Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. /Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – Complaint cases pertaining to Special Acts from the year 2020; 3. Listed Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. from the year 2011 to 2015. 15 86 Hon. Umesh Kumar, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Criminal appeal under Section 14A of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989; 2. Listed Criminal Appeals including appeal under Section 372, 378 Cr.P.C. & Government Appeal from the year 2013 to 2019 (except provided elsewhere). 16 42 Hon. Anil Kumar-IX, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Fresh Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C./Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – State cases pertaining to special Acts; 10

2. Listed Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C./Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – State cases pertaining to special Acts from the year 2020. 17 3 Hon. Rajendra Kumar-IV, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C./Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – cases pertaining to SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989; 2. Listed Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. up to the year 2010. 18 4 Hon. Suresh Kumar Gupta, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Criminal Appeals including appeals under section 372, 378 Cr.P.C. & Government Appeals pertaining to rape and other sexual offences; 2. Listed Criminal Revision from the year 2018 to 2019. 19 87 Hon. Raj Beer Singh, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Fresh Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. /Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – State cases (except provided elsewhere); 2. Listed Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. /Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – State cases from the year 2020 (except provided elsewhere). 20 30 Hon. Ali Zamin, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Fresh Major Bail Applications under section 376 I.P.C. (Sole or with any other offence/Special Act except u/ s 302 I.P.C.); 2. Listed Major Bail Applications under section 376 I.P.C. (Sole or with any other offence/Special Act except u/ 11

s 302 I.P.C.) from the year 2020. 21 2 Hon. Vipin Chandra Dixit, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Jail Appeals; 2. Listed Criminal Revision from the year 2014 to 2017. 22 6 Hon. Ravi Nath Tilhari, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Fresh Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. /Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – Complaint cases (except provided elsewhere); 2. Listed Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. /Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – Complaint cases from the year 2020 (except provided elsewhere); 3. Listed Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. from the year 2016 to 2017. 23 90 Hon. Deepak Verma, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Fresh Criminal Appeal under Section 372, 378 Cr.P.C. & Fresh Government Appeal (except provided elsewhere); 2. Listed Criminal Appeal under Section 372, 378 Cr.P.C. & Listed Government Appeal from the year 2020 (except provided elsewhere). 24 91 Hon. Gautam Chowdhary, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Fresh Minor Bail Applications pertaining to Special Act; 2. Listed Minor Bail Applications pertaining to Special Act from the year 2020. 25 93 Hon. Shamim Ahmed, J. Fresh and Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Fresh Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. /Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – State cases pertaining to section 376 I.P.C (Sole or with any other 12

offence/Special Act except u/s 302 I.P.C.); 2. Listed Application under Section 482 Cr.P.C./Criminal Writ/ Criminal Revision/Matters under Art.227 of the Constitution of India – State cases pertaining to section 376 I.P.C (Sole or with any other offence/Special Act except u/s 302 I.P.C.) from the year 2020. 26 88 Hon. Dinesh Pathak, J. Listed: (Order, Admission and Hearing) 1. Listed Criminal appeal including appeal under Section 372, 378 Cr.P.C. & Government Appeal up to the year 2005 (except provided elsewhere). Note: 1. There shall be no sitting of the Courts in the High Court at Allahabad, on 9th of October, 2020. The matters date fixed for 9th of October, 2020 shall be taken up on 12th of October, 2020. 2. In view of pandemic of COVID-19, the roster w.e.f. 13.07.2020 shall remain inoperative till further orders. 3. Only those LISTED matters (except Criminal Cases pertaining to Members of Parliament, Members of Legislative Assembly and Members of Legislative Council) shall be listed in Hon’ble Courts, for which urgency applications are allowed by the Hon’ble Courts. Such matters shall be listed only in Additional Cause List. 4. Listed Criminal Cases pertaining to Members of Parliament, Members of Legislative Assembly and Members of Legislative Council shall be listed, in Additional Cause List, without requirement of Urgency Application. 5. Urgency applications shall be placed before the Bench having jurisdiction over the matter, provided urgency applications in TU/PH matters shall be placed before the TU/ PH Bench. 6. The Daily Cause List shall not be printed/published till further orders. 7. All cases where the vires of Central or State Legislation is challenged be listed before the appropriate Division Bench having jurisdiction over the matter falling under the legislation in issue. 8. The High Court shall function in accordance with the Modalities and Arrangement dated 24.07.2020 for functioning of High Court during COVID-19.

Sd/- CHIEF JUSTICE 30.09.2020