The complex, which consists of a single large structure is planned in a U-shaped design with a left and right wing, and has a total of six above-ground levels, of which five from the bottom each contain a collection of numbered courtrooms.

The complex is additionally intended to contain a library, a business centre, tunnel access to holding rooms for the accused, as well as televisions for four courtrooms to air court hearings.

The building, which is sited on 12 ha of land, is surrounded by landscaping with rest areas and a mini park for the public.

The problems were reported to have started even before occupancy, beginning April: On the same day, a sewage manhole overflowed in the basement of the complex, damaging a number of files for mostly civil cases.

Nagalingam was reported to have state the manhole overflow was the result of indiscriminate disposal of sanitary napkins that could have occurred for some time.