# Kolhapur High Court bench gets 75 acres, 495 staff 2026-08-17T04:47:11+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Maharashtra Government has sanctioned 75 acres of land at Shenda Park in Kolhapur and created 495 permanent staff positions for the circuit bench of the Bombay High Court at Kolhapur, barandbench.com reports. The announcement was made during the foundation day celebration of the bench, established a year ago. Acting Chief Justice Ravindra V Ghuge said he requested Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for additional land to settle the issue permanently. Former Chief Justice of India BR Gavai assured that the circuit bench's transition into a permanent bench is a certainty. Justice Sharmila Deshmukh noted that nearly 15,000 cases were filed in the last year, of which about 13,000 have been disposed of. The bench serves six western Maharashtra districts: Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg. Justice Gavai also said a proposal to increase the Bombay High Court's judge strength from 94 to 114 is under consideration, which would ensure more judges at the Kolhapur bench. ## Coverage - barandbench.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bombay High Court, Devendra Fadnavis, Kolhapur, Maharashtra government, Ravindra V Ghuge Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/kolhapur-high-court-bench-gets-75-acres-495-staff/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/kolhapur-high-court-bench-gets-75-acres-495-staff/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/