SURAT DISTRICT COURT AT JIAV-BESTHAN.

THESIS SEMESTER 2018-2019

STUDENT : PRINCE VIJAYKUMAR JARIWALA

ENROLL : 143531050033

BHAGWAN MAHAVIR COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE,SURAT.

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SYNOPSIS
• The opportunity to Design a District court complex as a thesis project is a very daunting yet exciting
prospect.
• The project , in its own right, has a personality of its own. The designer hence is required to respond, with
his architecture, to this added dimension also , along with all the aspects of site , context and function.
• This couples with the complexities of the program itself were the brewing pots for a challenging journey,
which could have had an invigorating product in the end . this can be considered as the basic motivation
to choose to topic.
• Given the nature of the project and the social importance of the function, a District court complex has a
potential to be an architectural icon and still maintain its social relevance.
• This was identified as a catalyst to promote humanitarian ideas like social equality , awareness and
democratic values through this thesis.
WHY THIS TOPIC..?
THE PROJECT
• We take great pride in calling India as one of the biggest democracies in the world. However ,it was after
struggle that such a stable and empowered democratic governance could be established in india.our
constitution lies at the center of this democratic system.
• It was through the constitution that an independent judicial system has arisen ,which hence lies at the
core of this system. It is one of the drivers of a smooth democracy.hence, judiciary is important for
democracy. Such a function,hence calls for architecture which does justice to its stature.
• The concept of democracy and institutions like the judiciary, postal services and railways were all
introduced in the country during the British Raj.
• It was acceptable then ,that all the buildings(which include most of the courthouse of the country) reflect
their architecture and ideology. However,it has been almost 70 year since that became history.
• India has now well and truly surface as country with great ambitions and prospects.so,it would not be a
very wrong desire that the architecture should also showcase a similar character.
• This project hence gives me an opportunity to design something on similar lines,which is important and
desires to be iconic.

THE CITY
• Surat is a city located on the western part of India in the state of Gujarat.
• It is one of the most dynamic city of India with one of the fastest growth rate due to immigration from various
part of Gujarat and other states of India.
• Surat is one of the cleanest city of India and is also known by several other names like "THE SILK CITY", "THE
DIAMOND CITY", "THE GREEN CITY", etc.
• It has the most vibrant present and an equally varied heritage of the past. It is the city where the British first land
in India.
• The Dutch and the Portuguese also established there business centers in Surat, the remnants of which are still
preserved in the modern day Surat. In past this was a glorious port with ships of more than 84 countries anchored
in its harbour at any time.
• Still today, Surat continues the same tradition as people from all around the country flock in for business and jobs.
• Surat has practically zero percent unemployment rate and jobs are easier to get here due to very fast
development of various industries in and around Surat City.

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PROJECT BRIEF :-
Client : Surat Municipal Corporation.(S.M.C.)
• District Court & subordinate courts at Surat are situated in two court complexes i.e. The District Court
Complex and Fast Track Court Building, which are situated at Athwa lines, Surat. Both buildings are large
and spacious.
• The compound is also spacious and there are trees in it. Both the Buildings are situated at the distance at
about 9 Kms. from Railway Station as well as Bus Station.
• The District Court Complex is divided in two blocks, i.e. A-Block and B-Block. "A" Block is earmarked for
functioning the Courts, while "B" Block is earmarked for Offices. The Courts / Offices are functioning in
the Fast Track Court Building.
• The District Court Complex is constructed in the year of 1994. Thereafter, in the year-2001 it was
damaged on account of massive earthquake. On account of damaged to the Building it was not habitable.
• Therefore, the Courts functioning in the Building were sifted at other places, viz. Multistoried Building, Old
Rest House etc. thereafter, on completion of the Retrofitted work of the building the courts of Surat
functioning at other places were re-shifted in the present building in the year-2005, the building appears
to be in good condition. However, the repairing work to the columns of the building, which are damaged to
some extent, is going on for the purpose of procreation and safety.
• This building is having Ground + Six floors. Facility of Water-cooleris also available at each floor. Facility
of RO plant is also available. Facility of sufficient lift is available in the building, including a separate lift for
Judial Officer. Facility of custody room for U.T.P. is also availableat each floor. A separate facility in the
building is also available for Mediation Center, Permanent Conciliation and for functioning the office of
D.L.S.A., Surat.
• The Fast Track Court Building has been constructed in the year of 2005. It is in Good condition and also
found to be sufficient. This building is having Ground + Four floors. Facility of Water-cooler is also
available at each floor. Facility of sufficient lift is available. Sitting arrangement for witnesses/litigating
public is available in both the complexes. Facility of EPABX is available in the building including Intercom.
The facility of Bar Room is available to the members of the Bar Associations. A separate room is also
allotted for Bar Library. The Lady Bar has also been allotted a separate room

Design Problem and issues :

• Weeknees of hole building structure.
• Lack of parking space.
• Urban development of the people that’s why increasing cases and problems.
• Lack of space arrangement.
• Traffice issues.
• Sparial organization will not proper.
• Court room was not sufficient at present time that due to cases are pendings.

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GOALS / AIMS
• Delving into the philosophy of architectural determinism, exploring how architecture can educate towards
better social values.given the functional typology of as district court complex,the architectural endeavour
should evoke social values like :
• Equablility
• Social responsibility
• Liberty
• Respect for human and civic rights.
• Respect for environmental rights.

OBJECTIVES
• To understand the functioning of a court complex,inter-relationship of spaces & handing issues like
security,accessibility & circulation in a complicated courthouse building.
• Learning how architecture can help educate the society about democratic values and inculcate respect
towards human/civic/environmental rights.
• Redefining the iconic imagery associated with judicial architecture,by breaking out of the imperialistic
and archaic architectural philosophy.
• Considering and responding to the socio-cultural context of the city while designing in surat.allowing the
district court to contribute towards the citys urban fabric and the cultural identity by making it more
connected and accessible to the grneral masses.
• Using architecture as atool to explore the opportunities to address the quest towards a better and
empowered society.the main objective is to explore the special quality of a particular building type,along
with the innate symbolism of the innate symbolism of the same.it also look into the relationship of the
project with city and hence the people and society.
CASE STUDYS

• DELHI HIGH COURT,INDIA. • CAEN LAW COURT,FRANCE.

• CHANDIGRAH HIGH
COURT,INDIA.

• HAIFA COURTHOUSE,ISRAEL.
• SAKET DISTRICT
COURT,INDIA.

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SITE :
Location :- Jiav-Bhestan,Surat,Gujarat.
Linkage :- Jiav-Bhestan Road,
Surat-Navsari-Palsana Road,
Sachin-Hazira Road.
Water body :- Jiav lake,
Unn lake,
Sachin ina water storage,
Gabeni lake.
Area :- 21,000 sqm
Rain fall :- 1435.20 MM
Humidity :- 23%
Soil type :- Black Clayey Soil.
Topography :- slop east to west
Proximity :-
Distance from Surat Railway station : 12 km
Distance from Suart airport: 12 km
Distance from Surat court : 10 km

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• Surat is a city located on the western part of India in the state of Gujarat.
• It is one of the most dynamic city of India with one of the fastest growth rate due to immigration from
various part of Gujarat and other states of India.
• Surat is one of the cleanest city of India and is also known by several other names like "THE SILK
CITY", "THE DIAMOND CITY", "THE GREEN CITY", etc.
• It has the most vibrant present and an equally varied heritage of the past. It is the city where the British
first land in India.
• The Dutch and the Portuguese also established there business centers in Surat, the remnants of which
are still preserved in the modern day Surat. In past this was a glorious port with ships of more than 84
countries anchored in its harbour at any time.
• Still today, Surat continues the same tradition as people from all around the country flock in for business
and jobs.
• Surat has practically zero percent unemployment rate and jobs are easier to get here due to very fast
development of various industries in and around Surat City.

Surat City 2nd largest city of Gujarat in terms of Area and Population

Area 326.515 sq.km.

Population 44,66,826 (Census 2011)

Density 13680 Persons/Sq.Km. (Census -2011)

Location Latitude : 21.112°N

Longitude : 72.814°E

Municipality Established 1852 AD

Corporation Established 1966 AD

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THIS DATA ON THE S.M.C. PAGE…… why need to court complex.
Honorable High court of Gujarat, vide its civil Application No. 9988/95 has given certain guidelines in regards
of Traffic Engineering such as:
•Overall measures to prevent traffic pollution. Countdown clock may be fixed at intersections so that vehicle
drivers can put off the engine. It will reduce fuel consumption as also reduce pollution.
Co-ordinate traffic signals should be established on high density traffic points so that vehicle will have less
scope for stopping periodically. Overall measures to minimise road accidents within the cities/townships and
highways.
•Effort should be made to improve road junctions and curves to minimise accidents. Local authorities and
traffic police should work to ensure adequate parking place on important roads. Widening and improving of
road along metro cities should be undertaken.
•Providing of Bypasses for all important towns should be undertaken.
•Each urban city/town should prepare its traffic plan.

•Shifting of transport godown, wholesale markets and St terminals to outside the city limits should be
examined on a priority basis.

•A traffic plan should be prepared for each township and city where local authorities and traffic police should
be involved. This should also include an integrated engineering unit.
•Periodic corrective engineering measures should be taken for ensuring smooth flow of traffic minimising
accidents.

•Existing engineering plans should be renewed periodically.

•Road surface should be Periodically strengthened and renewed.

•Periodic drives to clear traffic signs and pasted with posters. Advertisers to be held responsible for such
defacing.

•Parking is a major issue in urban centres. There should be no parking for at least 15 meters from a
intersection and 50 meters from a signal operated intersection.

•Rules for commercial building should be strictly implemented making it compulsory to provide basement
parking. Existing violations should be severely penalised and no future violation should be tolerated.

•Suggesting of the putting up fly-overs at the most risky points on the highway and city township roads.

•Putting up fly-overs are expensive propositions for which large fund is required.

•The fly-overs can also be made self-financing by selling available space for advertisements and hoardings.

•Suggesting putting up of escalators and / or crossing bridges in the corporations cities to reduce road
crossing risks.

•Pedestrian crossing should be made available at important places and people should be encouraged to
cross only at pedestrian crossings.

•Suggesting changes in road pattern on highways and in city/township in and around the accident zone.

•Engineering shortcoming should be rectified on road stretches from time to time

•If possible bye pass should be constructed on such accident prone zones.

•In towns and cities such areas should be taken care of by deployment of policemen, installation of traffic
signals and alteration in engineering and road design
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Of the two crore pending cases, two-thirds are criminal
At the rate at which cases were disposed by India’s district courts last month, India could get rid of all pending
cases in ten years, an analysis of new official data shows. Six states, however – Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand,
Maharashtra, West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir – disposed fewer cases than were filed during the month,
indicating that at this rate, they would never be able to clear all pending cases.
Last week, the Supreme Court launched the public access portal of the National Judicial Data Grid with daily
updated information on civil and criminal cases filed and disposed every day in India’s district courts. At the
moment, the portal has data for 15,340 judges in 459 district courts across the country and information on the
performance of these courts for the last month.
As of 5 pm on Friday, there were 2 crore cases before district courts, two-thirds of them criminal cases. Ten
per cent of these cases had been pending for more than ten years – in Gujarat, nearly 25 per cent of cases
were pending for over ten years, while in Sikkim and Punjab fewer than 1 per cent were pending for over ten
years. 18 per cent of cases nationally were pending for five to ten years and 30 per cent were pending for two
to five years. The largest share – 42 per cent of all cases in the system – had been pending for less than two
years.

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“I would classify any case pending for more than 5 years as delayed - a total of 56 lakh cases across all
15,000 courts across the country [based on the NJDG data],” Alok Prasanna Kumar, Senior Resident Fellow
at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, told The Hindu. “Whereas the number "3 crore cases" is trotted out
repeatedly as the total number of cases pending, there's little discussion on how many are actually delayed.
Now we get a precise figure and break up,” Mr. Kumar said.
Of the 5.33 lakh cases filed across India last month, over 1 lakh were filed in Maharashtra alone, and it was
not able to dispose as many. Uttar Pradesh saw the next highest number of cases filed, but disposed over
1.12 lakh cases during the month. In all, India’s district courts disposed over 6.9 lakh cases last month, 21,000
of which had been pending for over ten years

The data also shows the wide variation between states and districts in the rate of disposal of cases, according
to an analysis done by Open data campaigner Rakesh Reddy Dubbudu and his team at the public data
website ‘Factly’ calculated the ratio of cases disposed last month to those filed for each state and applied it to
that state’s pending cases. They found that that at last month’s rate, it would take India around 10 years to
clear all pending cases in its district courts. Nine states including Kerala, Karnataka and Assam could clear
their backlogs in fewer than five years given the rate of disposal last month and the size of their backlogs. Six
states including Gujarat and Bihar would never be able to clear the backlog given last month’s performace

“One month is of course not representative, but given that it was in many ways a normal month, it is useful to
analyse the performance of district courts,” Mr. Dubbudu said. The NJDG portal in its current form does not
help litigants but is useful for analysis and decision-making, he said; “We appreciate that this data has been
made available, but a lot more needs to be done. It is currently in a closed format which defeats the purpose
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