Established in 1862, Calcutta’s High Court is India’s oldest, and possibly among its most haunted.  Decrees passed to hang convicts, rulings that destroyed a person’s reputation or financial ruin that abetted his suicide (indirectly of course) Folklore has it that unhappy souls do not attain Nirvana and return to seek answers, thereby apparitions or an unknown presence is known to scare persons.

One of the popular stories is regarding a death of an offender. An offender was hanged to death long time back in Court Premises. Some gatekeepers and workers are believed to have seen the spirit of that offender.

Some corridors are avoided by people even during afternoons. Of particular interest to ghost watchers is court room 13, not just for the “unlucky” number it bears but also because this court room had the maximum number of hanging orders passed over time. Even the most seasoned legal clerks and court employees stay away from the notorious court room after sundown.

What added to the court room’s notoriety were newspaper reports from the mid-1980s, which talked about how bloody footprints appeared from nowhere on the third floor stairwell and abruptly vanished into the court room.

Another story is  of a British judge who  spotted his wife, while working late into the night even though she was supposed to be in England. Soon, a telegram arrived to announce that his wife had died at the very time of her appearance. Hundreds of court employees, lawyers, visitors and night guards have claimed to see her move around the corridor.
Spooky, maybe real, unfulfilled desires coming back to the people’s court jor judgement day.