Bombay High Court — a courthouse inside a World Heritage Site
| Official Website | https://www.bombayhighcourt.nic.in/ |
| Location / Principal Seat | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Jurisdiction (States/UTs Covered) | Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |
| Year of Establishment | 14 August 1862 |
| Languages Commonly Used | English only (sole language of record under Article 348(1)(a); Hindi not authorised for proceedings) |
Picture a court that still works out of the same Gothic Revival building it moved into in 1878, on Mumbai's Oval Maidan — and that building is now protected the same way the Taj Mahal is, as part of a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble. Bombay is one of the original three High Courts chartered in 1862 (with Calcutta and Madras), and it still covers more than just Maharashtra: Goa, and the Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, all answer to it, reached through separate benches at Nagpur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), and Panaji.
Jurisdiction Map: Covers Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Principal seat: Mumbai, Maharashtra. It also reaches outlying parts of its territory through: Permanent Benches at Nagpur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) and Panaji (Goa); circuit bench sittings at Kolhapur.
Citation: Indian High Courts Act 1861; UNESCO, 'Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai' (World Heritage List).
Based on the supplied institutional guide. Historical details and jurisdiction require independent editorial verification; consult the official court website.
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