Till 1948, this district was under the combined judgeship of Cuttack-Balasore-Sambalpur. After the merger of princely states in 1948, it came under Keonjhar judgeship. When the ex-State of Mayurbhanj merged with the state of Orissa in 1949, it remained under the Mayurbhanj judgeship with its headquarters at Baripada till 1949. The District Judge stationed at Baripada was holding a Circuit Court at Balasore from 1915 till 1957-58. A post of Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mayurbhanj was created in 1957-1958 with headquarters at Balasore. Balasore became an independent judgeship on 15th January, 1959. 44 different courts are functioning in this judgeship with outlying stations at Jaleswar, Nilgiri, Basta, Bhograi and Soro.

The Virtual Centre of the High Court of Orissa at Balasore was inaugurated on 03rd February, 2023. The Regional Judicial Academy, Balasore was inaugurated and made functional w.e.f. 13.05.2023. Regular training is being imparted to the Judicial Officers and ministerial staff posted in the cluster districts of Balasore, Jajpur, Mayurbhanj, and Bhadrak.

In total, 22 different courts in the Judgeship were inaugurated and functioning as paperless Courts.

In the year 2023, a total of 2,43,437 numbers of case records (2,30,52,589 pages) were scanned at D.C.D.H, Balasore.

Shri Asanta Kumar Das was the District and Sessions Judge for the entire year.

Apart from the District and Sessions Judge, the judgeship consists of the following courts:

Number of judges in each court