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Bombay High Court Circuit Bench
September 14 , 2025
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- CJI B.R. Gavai inaugurated the Bombay High Court’s circuit bench at Kolhapur on August 17, 2025.
- The bench became functional from August 18, 2025, with one division bench and two single benches.
- It had jurisdiction over six districts: Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg.
- This made Kolhapur the third circuit bench in Maharashtra after Nagpur and Aurangabad, and the fourth overall, including Porvorim in Goa.
- Apart from the principal bench in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court had permanent benches at Nagpur in Vidarbha and Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) in Marathwada.
- A third bench of the Bombay High Court also sat in the adjoining state of Goa at Porvorim.
- The High Court of Bombay served the states of Maharashtra and Goa, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
- It was one of the oldest high courts in India, established under the Indian High Courts Act of 1861.
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