President Pranab Mukherjee will be in the city next month to attend the celebrations marking 150 years of Allahabad High Court.
"The President will be releasing postal stamps bearing images of the High Court here and its bench at Lucknow, besides the 10-rupee coin, on March 13 at a function which will also be attended by Chief Justice of India T S Thakur, Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda and a number of other judges of Supreme Court and Chief Justices of other High Courts," Justice Tarun Agarwala, chairman of the sesquicentennial committee organising the celebrations, told reporters.
He said the celebrations will take place from March 13 to 17 during which other notable functions like inauguration of the High Court's renovated museum and a blood donation camp, will be held.