Patna High Court
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Proclamation made by the Governor-General of India on the 22nd March, 1912 the territories of Bihar and Orissa which were formerly subject to and included within the limits of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, were promoted to the status of a separate province, and by Letters Patent, dated the 9th February, 1916 the Patna High Court was ushered into existence with Circuit sittings at Cuttack, and form the 26th February, 1916, the date on which the aforesaid Letters Patent was published in the Gazette of India.
Project Details
Brief Background
High Court of Judicature at Patna. Thus the ancient city of Pataliputra had a High Court of its own in 1916 with Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier Kt. Barrister-at-Law as its first Chief Justice and Sarvashri Saiyid Sharfuddin Barrister-at-Law Edmund Pelly Chapman I.C.S. Basant Kumar Mullick I.C.S. Francis Reginald Roe I.C.S Cecil Atkinson barrister-at-Law and Jwala Prasad B.A. LL.B. as Puisne Judges.
Objective
The foundation-stone of the High Court Building was laid on Monday the 1st December 1913 by His Excellency the late Viceroy and Governor-General of India Lord Hardinge of Penshurst who in the memorable speech on the occasion said.
Benefits
The Patna High Court building on its completion was formally opened by the same Viceroy in a durbar held for the purpose on Thursday. The 3rd February 1916. On this occasion Lord Hardinge made the following observations :- I am about to perform an almost unique duty and one which I do not think has fallen to the lot of any previous Viceroy&hellip . I think when I look at this fine building that the people of this province may congratulate themselves in many ways on their new institution. It will be itself is an emblem of the great and perhaps even weightier in its decision as between the individual and the State&hellip &hellip &hellip . With my most earnest wishes that the labour of this Court may be inspired with wisdom justice and mercy I will now proceed to open the building.
