17-storey, AC Mazgaon court building to be inaugurated on April 22
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17-storey, AC Mazgaon court building to be inaugurated on April 22

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The new 17-storey, centrally air-conditioned Mazgaon court building will be inaugurated on Saturday. Mumbai, India - Aug. 28, 2015 : Mazgaon Court : The Bombay City Civil and Sessions Court bar association has passed a resolution against the shifting of 22 civil and sessions courts from the Fort court complex to the new building in Mazgaon. However, there still is no clarity on which sessions courts and city civil courts would be shifted to the new building. Amidst the ambiguity, the City Civil and Sessions Court bar association on Tuesday night decided to not participate in the inauguration of the new building. We oppose both propositions.” There is still no clarity on this as it is now being contemplated that the 21 courts in the new building would altogether be new courts which would be in addition to the existing courts, he said, adding, “They are also contemplating adding eight courts to the present building.” Bombay City Civil and Sessions Court started functioning in the Venetian Gothic style building, originally constructed by the British rulers in 1874 as the state secretariat for the Bombay Presidency, 1967.

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