High Court

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    Eldon Rd, Fort
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Lonely Planet review

A hive of daily activity, packed with judges, barristers and other cogs in the Indian justice system, the High Court is an elegant 1848 neogothic building. The design was inspired by a German castle and was obviously intended to dispel any doubts about the authority of the justice dispensed inside, though local stone carvers presumably saw things differently: they carved a one-eyed monkey fiddling with the scales of justice on one pillar.

It's permitted (and highly recommended) to walk around inside and check out the pandemonium and pageantry of public cases in progress.