Finally the new building for our High Court is set to be inaugurated on March 27. With the Chief Justice of India S A Bobde due to retire on April 23, the unveiling of that plaque may be his last official function in Goa.
With the premises not yet complete in all respects, hopefully from June this year, Goa’s highest Temple of Justice will start functioning from the new premises.
Instead of being just another concrete structure it would have been appropriate if the new High Court building reflected the facets of Goan Architecture.
The legacy of Goa’s rich history in the field of Judicial and legal services should have been placed in a better context for posterity. There was room to plan and design our High Court with a Goan centric finesse.
Surprisingly it has been designed like the Gujarat High Court and has no sloping roof. This is absolutely impractical and inappropriate in view of the very heavy rainfall Goa gets. The authorities need to take remedial measures about the roofing or else we may end up with a leaking High Court while our files wade through knee deep water.
