SC asks Maharashtra govt to hold meeting with CJ on redevelopment of Bombay HC annexe building
The HinduThe Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra Chief Secretary to hold a meeting with the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and other judges for taking a decision on re-development of a PWD and annexe buildings adjacent to the present iconic high court building in Mumbai for shifting some courtrooms and other facilities there. Gavai and J.B. Pardiwala was also of the view that the annexe building of the High Court, where some of the courts and other facilities are still there, needed urgent repairs as well.“ A meeting will be called by the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court and other judges with the Chief Secretary to discuss the redevelopment of a certain portion of the PWD building and the repairs of the annexe building,” the bench said. Supreme Court also asked the State government to explore providing some space to the High Court to set up its arbitration and mediation centre in the Air India building in south Mumbai and discuss this aspect as well in the meeting between the Chief Secretary and the HC Chief Justice and other judges.“ “I sat in the annexe building for a long since we were the first batch of junior judges who got air-conditioned courtrooms,” the CJI said, adding that some of the judges’ chambers in the annexe building used to leak during monsoon then. The groundbreaking ceremony of the new High Court building was attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, senior Supreme Court judges and the HC Chief Justice.