A multiplex court building for functioning of five Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Courts and lobby offices inside the district and civil court premises was inaugurated here. It was inaugurated by acting Chief Justice of Odisha High Court PK Mohanty on Saturday. High Court judges including Justices Indrajit Mohanty, and Sanju Panda, District and Sessions Judge MS Dhal and Registrar Dolagovinda Barik along with several other judges attended the function.
Official sources said five JMFC courts and lobby offices would function from the 12,460 sq ft ground floor of the building. The JMFCs and offices will run on the 11,451 sq ft first floor, while some offices, library and lobby would function from the 3,413 sq ft second floor of the building. Estimated cost of the project was around Rs4.06 crore, sources added. The new multiplex court building will help to solve the space crunch of functioning different courts, advocates said.