HIGH COURT
BUILDING AT GOA
During the
Portugese rule in Goa, the Portuguese authorities established a High
Court in Goa which was designated as Tribunal
de Relacao. After
the liberation of Goa on 19 December 1961, the Tribunal de Relacao was
abolished and was substituted by the Judicial Commissioner's Court
which was the highest Court of Appeal in Civil and Criminal
matters.
Need was felt for the constitution of a High Court for
the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu. The High
Court at Bombay (Extension of Jurisdiction to Goa, Daman and Diu) Act
1981 was passed by the Parliament and received the assent of the
President of India on 9 September 1981 to establish a permanent Bench
of the High Court at Bombay at Panaji. The High Court of Bombay
became the common High Court under Article 231 of the Constitution for
the States of Maharashtra and Goa, Union Territories of Dadra &
Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu after the enactment of Goa, Daman
& Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 which conferred the statehood to Goa.
The High Court seat at Goa was formally inaugurated by Honourable Shri
Justice Y. V. Chandrachud, the then Chief Justice of India on 30
October 1982. The High Court comprises of five building known as the
High Court Complex. The first building was inaugurated by
Honourable Shri Justice M. B. Shah, the then Chief Justice of Bombay on
2 October 1977. The other building were subsequently built over a
period of time.
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