Mumbai Traffic Alert: 7-hour curbs in BKC today for Bombay HC Foundation Ceremony; Check details here

Mumbai Traffic Police have announced traffic restrictions in the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) on Monday from 2 pm to 9 pm for the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the new Bombay High Court building at the Govt Colony grounds in Bandra (East), reported TOI.

New English School Road, which links Ramkrishna Paramhansa Marg and J.L. Shirsekar Marg, will be closed in both directions, except for vehicles related to the event. Motorists will be redirected to Mahatma Gandhi Vidya Mandir Road.

“As the ceremony will be attended by Supreme Court and Bombay high court judges as well as VVIPs, traffic police have planned alternative routes and no-entry zones to facilitate smooth vehicular movement,” DCP (central) Samadhan Pawar told TOI.


“In the jurisdiction of BKC traffic division, a new building of the Hon. Bombay High Court is to be constructed at Govt. Colony Ground, Kherwadi, Bandra(E), Mumbai. The foundation laying ceremony of the said construction is scheduled on 23/09/2024, which will be attended by Hon. Judges of the Supreme Court and the Bombay High Court and other VVIP persons,” said a notification issued by the Mumbai Traffic Police.

The new Bombay HC building in BKC

The new court complex will be situated in the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Bandra East.

Kicking off the ceremony on Monday will be Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, the Chief Justice of India, reported Deccan Herald.

Joining him will be several Supreme Court Justices—B.R. Gavai, A.S. Oka, Dipankar Datta, Ujjal Bhuyan, and Prasanna B. Varale—along with Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.

According to the DC report, the complex aims to provide stakeholders with access to essential support services, including banking, telecommunications, medical facilities, a digitization center, a crèche, a cafeteria, waiting areas, a multi-storey car park, a museum, and lawyers’ chambers. All infrastructure will be designed with accessibility features to ensure convenience for differently-abled individuals.