Maharashtra Courts & Tribunals Drafting

Local-first drafting pack for pleadings that actually get filed in Maharashtra.

Covers the High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Principal Seat at Mumbai and Benches at Nagpur, Aurangabad / Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and the Kolhapur circuit) plus the working tribunals and trial forums in the State.

No marketplace branding. No remote publisher. All processing stays on the machine that runs the connector.

New here? Open START_HERE.md — install + first prompt + harness in one page.

Install (quick)

Private install source: https://github.com/edenbuilds/maharashtra-courts-drafting

git clone https://github.com/edenbuilds/maharashtra-courts-drafting.git
cd maharashtra-courts-drafting

Claude Code

/plugin install .

Claude Desktop / Cursor (MCP) — add to the host config (absolute path):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "maharashtra-courts-drafting": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/ABS/PATH/TO/maharashtra-courts-drafting",
        "run",
        "server/main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Need: Python ≥ 3.10, uv, pandoc, pdftotext (poppler).
Full steps and smoke test → docs/INSTALL.md.

Related MCP server: ClauseIQ

The harness (how a draft actually runs)

Every drafting chat starts with:

get_agent_instructions()

That returns the orchestration script. The model then runs six agents in order — it must not skip to a free-form Word file.

Reader → Format → Drafter → Verifier → Refiner → Overseer → .docx

Format loads the long-form template first, then the short skill note.
Case files live under ~/Downloads/MH-Courts-Drafts/<label>/.

Deep dive → docs/HARNESS.md. Inside the plugin, call get_reference_note("getting-started") or get_reference_note("harness").

Long-form templates

Every instrument has a fill-in official form under templates/ — including Affidavit in Reply and Rejoinder to a writ, stay, caveat, condonation, vakalatnama, and opposite-side drafts at MAT, MACT, Consumer, DRT and the trial court.

Call list_templates() or get_template("civil-wp") / get_template("wp-reply-affidavit").

What this pack drafts

High Court of Judicature at Bombay

Maharashtra tribunals and trial forums

Bombay High Court territorial map (use before choosing the bench)

Official Appellate Side sitting map (confirm on bombayhighcourt.nic.in before filing; Kolhapur circuit notified August 2025):

Principal Seat, Mumbai
Mumbai City · Mumbai Suburban · Thane · Palghar · Nashik · Pune · Raigad · Dadra & Nagar Haveli · Daman · Diu
(Kolhapur circuit, when sitting, takes Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg — confirm current sitting notification.)

Nagpur Bench
Nagpur · Akola · Amravati · Bhandara · Buldhana · Chandrapur · Wardha · Yavatmal · Gondia · Gadchiroli · Washim

Aurangabad Bench
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar · Ahilyanagar · Beed · Dhule · Jalna · Jalgaon · Latur · Nanded · Dharashiv · Parbhani · Nandurbar · Hingoli

High Court of Bombay at Goa
North Goa · South Goa — out of State; included only because it is the same High Court. Do not use for Maharashtra district matters.

Original Side jurisdiction lives at the Principal Seat only.

Tools

House style (Bombay HC Appellate Side)

• Court header ends with a full stop: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY.

• Bench qualifier when not at the Principal Seat: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT NAGPUR.

• Parties separator preferred on appeals: ///VERSUS///

• Spaced section heads on many Appellate Side filings: F A C T S · G R O U N D S · P R A Y E R

• Annexures: ANNEXURE-A (no skipped letters unless the brief says otherwise)

• Paper A4, Times New Roman 14, 1.5 spacing, left margin ≈ 4 cm

• Court fees: Bombay Court-Fees Act, 1959 (as applicable to Maharashtra)

• Stamp (conveyancing): Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958

• Language: English default at Mumbai / Pune / HC; Marathi permitted in interior district forums under the State amendment to CPC s.137 — follow the forum-config

Verification duty

AI drafts hallucinate section numbers, dates and annexure letters. The Verifier stage is not a substitute for the filing advocate. Read DISCLAIMER.md and PRIVACY.md before production use.