The District Court Complex in Vanchiyoor was established in the year 1950. The present red stone structure which was the only building in the compound was put up by H.H. Sree Moolam Thirunal Maharaja, the then ruler of Travancore for the purpose of housing a high school which came to be named after the Ruler as S.M.V. High School.

It was functioning as such till 1942 when the school was shifted to its present site on the side of the M.G.Road near the Pazhavangadi Overbridge. In the very same year, the Courts were shifted to the present premises. Till 1942 the High Court was functioning in a portion of the Secretariat building and, the District Court and other Courts were functioning in the compound where the present Ayurveda College is situated.