Earlier, the court had reprimanded the government for the delay in carrying out the work. It had also warned the government of staying the construction of the ambitious off-shore project of building a statue of Shivaji Maharaj.
After much reprimand and over three years of delay, the state government on Thursday assured the Bombay High Court that the dilapidated Mazgaon court building will be brought down before the onset of monsoon and work on constructing the new building commence thereafter.
Government pleader Poornima Kantharia assured the court that a tender has already been issued for demolition of the existing structure and the work order for the same will be issued within a week. Accepting the assurance given by the government, a division bench of justices S C Dharmadhikari and Dr Shalini Phansalkar Joshi hoped that the work will be completed as per the schedule.
Earlier, the court had reprimanded the government for the delay in carrying out the work. It had also warned the government of staying the construction of the ambitious off-shore project of building a statue of Shivaji Maharaj.
Following which, the government assured the court that all the required fund will be provided for the construction of the new court building.
The court had also expressed displeasure over the state allocating Rs29 crore for the new building, saying this way the construction will take over 30 years.
The five-storey Mazgaon court building was inaugurated in 1997 by the then chief minister Manohar Joshi and the then chief justice of high court MB Shah. There were 13 courts in the building, covering several police stations such as Pydhonie, Dongri, JJ Marg, Nagpada, Agripada and Kalachowki.
After the building was declared dangerous, the court had been functioning from the Sewree sessions court. The state government had then proposed to build a new court building at an estimated cost of Rs387 crore.
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