CJI to inaugurate new Rajkot court building today | Rajkot News
Rajkot: The Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice D Y Chandrachud, will inaugurate the new court building of Rajkot on Saturday. The Rajkot district court will function from the new building from Monday.
The new court building has been built in Ghanteshwar area on Jamnagar Road at a cost of Rs 110 crore. The address of Rajkot district court will change from Mochi Bazar to Ghanteshwar from next week.The five-storey building has a built-up area of 36,520 square metres. The facilities in this building include courtrooms, a library for judges, a video conference hall, a bar room for advocates, chambers for public prosecutors, chambers for judges, canteens for court staff and litigants, a separate parking for judges, a central record room, and a muddamal room.
The entire court building has been put under CCTV surveillance. According to the district administration, the building has the capacity to accommodate 750 to 800 personnel. While 39 courts are now functioning in Rajkot city, there will be 52 court rooms in the new building.
Justice Chandrachud arrived in Rajkot on Friday afternoon. Gujarat cabinet minister Rushikesh Patel received him at the airport.
Other dignitaries included Supreme Court judge Justice Arvind Kumar, Gujarat high court Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal, Gujarat high court judges Justice N V Anjaria and Justice A J Shastri, and principal district judge of Rajkot R T Vachhani.
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