The Judgeship of Deogarh came into existence on 20th April, 2013, after being separated from the parent Judgeship of Sambalpur. The District Court is functioning in the New Building at Purunagarh, Deogarh. The new District Court building was constructed at the cost of nearly Rs. 17 crores. There are 12 Court rooms in the New Court Building. The other facilities available in the building are 6 lifts, Air Conditioners in all Court Halls, Chambers of the Presiding Officers and Offices, Bar hall, and offices. A total of 10 different courts are functioning in the Judgeship with one outlying station at Reamal.

Deogarh comes under the DCDH at Sambalpur which was inaugurated on 12th December, 2022. In 2023, a total of 14,156 case records with a total of 6,73,976 pages were digitised. The Court of C.J.M. & the Court of J.M.F.C. (LR), Deogarh were declared as paperless Court in 2023. In total, 4 courts were inaugurated as paperless Courts in 2023.

All the Process Servers of the Judgeship were provided with smartphones, and they are serving the summonses/notices successfully to the parties following the SOP in order to implement the NSTEP.

The Virtual Centre of the High Court of Orissa at Deogarh was inaugurated on 19th October, 2023.

Shri Goutam Sharma was the District and Sessions Judge for the entire year of 2023.

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

Number of judges in each court

Case Statistics