Bombay High Court

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Situated in the Fort area of Mumbai, the significant of Bombay High Court is as one of the oldest high courts of India. It was founded in the year 1871 and it took around seven years to complete the building. A British engineer Col. J.A. Fuller designed, and inducted the court in August, 1862. The first sitting in the Mumbai High Court took place in January 1879. The court has 'Original Jurisdiction' in Bombay, in addition to the Appellate.

Planned as per the Gothic architectural approach, the building measures upto 562 feet in length and 189 feet in width. There is a enormous tower in the center, flanked by two octagonal towers in the west. The top of the Bombay High Court building stands decorated with the statues of Justice and Mercy.

Besides the state of Maharashtra, the jurisdiction of the Bombay High Court covers Goa and the Union territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli. Bombay - in Mumbai, Aurangabad, Nagpur and Panaji (Goa) are four benches of the High Court of Bombay. Although the name of 'Bombay city' was changed to 'Mumbai' in 1995, the court remained to be addresses as the 'Bombay High Court'.