It was to design, debate, discuss and dissent at the ‘Designs for the New High Court of Bombay Exhibition and Discussion’ held at a Ballard Estate venue on Tuesday (December 2) evening. The event by the Mumbai Architects Collective saw a packed house.

To give this context, the Bombay High Court is shifting address, moving north to Kherwadi in Bandra East as a space crunch necessitated this move from Fort in SoBo to the suburbs. Last month, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai laid the foundation stone for the new Bombay High Court complex. The project is designed to have 75 courtrooms and span over 60 lakh sq ft, and the design chosen was the focus of discussions on Tuesday evening.