The High Court of Judicature at Allahabad has officially released its calendar and list of holidays for the year 2026 (Samvat 2083). The notification, issued by order of the Court and signed by Registrar General Manjeet Singh Sheoran, H.J.S., on November 14, 2025, details the vacation periods, gazetted holidays, and special provisions for the Court’s functioning at Allahabad and its Lucknow Bench.
According to the approved list, the Court will observe several major holiday periods throughout the year.
Major Vacations and Holidays:
- Summer Vacation: The Court will be closed for 30 days from June 1 to June 30, 2026.
- Holi Holidays: A six-day holiday period is scheduled from March 2 to March 7, 2026.
- Dashehra Holidays: The Court will observe a five-day holiday from October 17 to October 21, 2026.
- Deepawali Holidays: A five-day closure is scheduled from November 7 to November 11, 2026.
- Winter Holidays: The year will conclude with a seven-day Winter Holiday from December 25 to December 31, 2026.
Other significant holidays include New Year’s Day (Jan 1-2), Republic Day (Jan 26), Ram Navami (March 26), Ambedkar Jayanti (April 14), Independence Day (Aug 15), Gandhi Jayanti (Oct 2), and Guru Nanak Jayanti (Nov 24).
Special Provisions and Notations:
The notification includes several key provisions:
- Moon-Sighting Holidays: Dates for holidays such as ‘Id-ul-Fitra (March 21), ‘Id-ul-Zuha (May 28), and *Moharram (June 26) are marked with an asterisk, indicating they “can be re-fixed according to the local visibility of the Moon.”
- Working Saturday: The calendar specifies that the Court “shall also sit on Saturday falling on March 28, 2026 both at Allahabad and Lucknow.”
- Second Saturdays: It is noted that the “Second Saturday of each month will be a holiday.”
- Local and Restricted Holidays:
- January 18, 2026 (Sunday): Will be a local holiday on account of Mauni Amavasya, applicable only for Allahabad.
- March 20, 2026 (Friday): Will be a restricted holiday for Muslims only on account of the Last Friday of Ramzan.
- April 3, 2026 (Friday): Will be a restricted holiday for Christians only on account of Good Friday.
- May 5, 2026 (Tuesday): Will be a local holiday for the Lucknow Bench of the Court only, on account of Mahavir-Ji-Ka-Mela.
- District Judiciary: The notification clarifies that “There is a separate list of holidays for the District Judiciary of Allahabad High Court.”
