Jharkhand
President Murmu Inaugurated the New Building of Jharkhand High Court
- 25 May 2023
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Why in News?
On 24 May 2023, Draupadi Murmu, the President of India, inaugurated the new building of the Jharkhand High Court at Dhurwa in Ranchi, constructed at a cost of about Rs 550 crore.
Key Points:
- Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, Jharkhand Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan, Union Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren were present on the occasion.
- Its campus spread over 165 acres is bigger in terms of area than all the High Court campuses in the country. Its campus is many times bigger than the Supreme Court campus (22 acres).
- The new High Court building has 25 air-conditioned court rooms, 2 halls & 540 rooms with a seating capacity of 1,200 people. In the new campus, a library has been built in 30 thousand square feet, in which more than 5 lakh Law books can be kept.
