The Centre, which will chip in 80% of the money, has sought to know how the amount will be utilised.
A plan to set up a museum on the premises of the Bombay High Court has been stalled due to shortage of funds.
The high court, which was set up on June 26, 1862, completed 150 years of its existence in 2012. The museum was proposed as part of a year-long celebration in 2012. The museum, which will display antique items associated with the rich history of the 150-year-old court, will be housed in a room on the ground floor of the main high court building.
Last July, the high court had sent a request to the Central Government, seeking disbursal of Rs79 lakh towards 80 per cent of the total funding. The remaining 20 per cent is to be borne by the Maharashtra government.
Prothonotary and Senior Master, D V Sawant said that the Central Museum Authority recently wrote to the high court, asking how it plans to utilise the amount. “They have sought details of how many staff will be appointed for upkeep of the museum, who will be the designer and curator... We will soon send a detailed reply.”
He said that another reason for the delay in setting up the museum is that after the head of the museum committee Justice DY Chandrachud was elevated as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court, the committee has not been functional.
“The Chief Justice of Bombay High Court is likely to decide on appointing its head,” said Sawant.
Keeping history alive
Things that will be on display at the museum include barrister certificates of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, judgment copies of sedition cases against Lokmanya
Tilak for writing against the British.
Stationery items like ink pot, paper weights, candle lamp stands, old book cases, frames, portraits and pictures of the high court building taken in old days.
The country’s first judicial museum in the Supreme Court was built to preserve, protect and display rare objects, artefacts, manuscripts, old documents, files, photographs depicting our legal heritage and growth of our justice delivery system.
Other than the apex court, the high courts of Punjab and Haryana, Madras and Madhya Pradesh have museums displaying their glorious past.
Antique furniture like judges’ chair will also be on display
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