Attara Kacheri at Cubbon Park, the seat of the High Court of Karnataka

Background

The High Court of Karnataka sits at Bengaluru in the Attara Kacheri, on the green, sprawling lawns of Cubbon Park in the heart of the city.
It stands opposite the Vidhana Soudha, which houses the State Legislature and the Secretariat, and the road in between is named 'Ambedkar Veedhi' in honour of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar.
Any study of the judicial institutions in the State has to bear in mind three distinct territorial jurisdictions: the erstwhile Mysore State, the Bombay – Karnataka area and the Hyderabad – Karnataka area.
Added to these are the coastal areas of Karnataka, the Mangaluru region, and Coorg, which were part of erstwhile British India.
On re-organization all these distinct territorial jurisdictions were merged to form Mysore State, which was renamed as Karnataka on 1 November 1973.
Besides the principal seat, the High Court has a bench at Dharwad and a bench at Kalaburagi.
Cases arising from the districts of Bagalkot, Bellary, Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Uttara Kannada and Koppal are heard and decided at the Bench at Dharwad.
Cases arising from Bidar, Bijapur, Kalaburagi and Raichur are heard at the Bench at Kalaburagi; the permanent benches became operational at Dharwad on 24-08-2013 and at Kalaburagi on 31-08-2013.