On Friday, CM Devendra Fadnavis participated in the installation ceremony for the newly elected executive committee of the District Bar Association (DBA). The event took place at Vasantrao Deshpande Hall, marking a significant moment for the local legal community as it transitions to new leadership.
Former Chief Justice of India, Bhushan Gavai, said criticism of Maharashtra’s judicial infrastructure had increasingly been answered through actual projects over the last 12 years.
“The expansion is necessary considering the increase in litigation and the number of people visiting the court,” he said while responding to a long-standing demand from the legal fraternity. On the list of demands raised by the new DBA executive, Fadnavis said in a lighter vein: “Last time they asked for just one building; now they’ve asked for a new court. He also said Fadnavis had ensured that lack of funds did not become an obstacle to the Kolhapur project.
CM acknowledged that the existing premises were facing space constraints despite the installation of new lifts recently. Gavai cited the establishment of HC’s circuit bench at Kolhapur and new district court buildings across the state as examples. Nagpur bench administrative judge Justice Anil Kilor, principal district and sessions judge MS Azmi, newly elected DBA secretary Anil Gulhane, outgoing president Roshan Bagde and outgoing secretary Manish Randive were among those present.
Nagpur: District and Sessions Court will be expanded on a land which Maharashtra govt would provide for setting up a modern building equipped with advanced facilities, said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday.