The Bombay High Court will get a new bench at Kolhapur district in western Maharashtra, which will be the fourth HC Bench in the State, and its sittings will commence from August 18.
A notification in this regard was issued on Friday by High Court Chief Justice Alok Aradhe.
"I, Alok Aradhe, Chief Justice of the High Court at Bombay, with the approval of the Governor of Maharashtra, appoint Kolhapur as a place at which Judges and Division Courts of the High Court may also sit, with effect from August 18, 2025," the notification said.
As per officials, a roster of how many judges would be sitting at the Kolhapur Bench, which is likely to cover half a dozen districts, would be prepared next week.
At present, apart from the principal Bench in Mumbai, the high court has two more Benches — at Nagpur in eastern Maharashtra and Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) in the central region of the State.
