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The Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court, established in 1862, is one of India's oldest, and holds original civil jurisdiction — certain suits, including IP matters, can be filed directly on its original side rather than starting in a district court. Its principal seat is at Mumbai, with circuit benches at Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (formerly Aurangabad) in Maharashtra, and at Porvorim in Goa. Its jurisdiction extends over Maharashtra, Goa, and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

Bench allocation matters in practice as much as at Mumbai itself: the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar bench now handles a higher case volume than the principal Mumbai bench in some years, and there is an active, judicially-supported proposal to add a further bench at Kolhapur for western Maharashtra. Identifying which bench holds a matter's district is the first step before filing.

Matters Commonly Arising
What Typically Comes Up
Commercial
Commercial Division
High-value commercial disputes under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, reflecting Mumbai's position as India's principal financial centre.
IP
Intellectual Property
Trademark, copyright, and patent suits filed on the original side, given the concentration of media, pharmaceutical, and consumer businesses headquartered in Mumbai.
Arbitration
Arbitration Applications
Section 9 and Section 34 applications under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, a significant share of national volume given Mumbai's financial-sector concentration.
Corporate
Company & Insolvency Matters
Company law and insolvency-adjacent litigation, reflecting the density of listed and financial companies headquartered in the state.
Regional
Vidarbha & Marathwada Matters
Land, service, and agrarian disputes from the Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar bench regions, distinct in character from the Mumbai docket.
Criminal
Bail & Criminal Appeals
A high volume of bail applications and criminal appeals across all four benches, including the Goa bench.
How Matters Are Handled
Correspondent Counsel, Not a Local Office

Mayach & Co. does not maintain an office in Maharashtra or Goa. Matters arising here — whether before the principal seat at Mumbai or the Nagpur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, or Goa benches — are advised on from the New Delhi chambers and coordinated through correspondent counsel local to the relevant bench, in the manner standard to Indian legal practice. See Matters Outside Delhi for how this works generally.