Depictions of Justice in the Colonial Courts of British India: The Judicial Iconography of the Bombay High Court

In Stefan Huygebaert, Georges Martyn, Vanessa Paumen, Eric Bousmar & Xavier Rousseaux (eds.), The Art of Law: Artistic Representations and Iconography of Law and Justice in Context, From the Middle Ages to the First World War. Springer Verlag. pp. 433-449 (2018)
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The Bombay High Court in Mumbai was constructed in 1878 and has its own unique judicial iconography. This contribution investigates the visual narrative of the High Court by analysing the statues of justice and mercy that are placed atop the High Court building, the carvings of the ‘monkey judge’ and ‘fox lawyer’ on the pillars of the court, and several other visual representations of justice. The iconography has played a role in the development of popular cultural imagery, and has its own folklore in the court today. This paper is an attempt to document the court in terms of its visual representation and the survival thereof in a colonial construction that is now part of independent India.

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