The judgeship of Dhenkanal was constituted into a District Judgeship and Sessions Division on 22nd December, 1976. After separation of the Angul Judgeship, the administrative jurisdiction of the District and Sessions Court, Dhenkanal extended to the Subordinate Courts at the outlying stations. 27 different courts are functioning in the Judgeship with outlying stations at Hindol, Kamakshyanagar, Bhuban, Parjang, and Gondia.

The District Court is functioning in a twostoried old building which has 12 Courtrooms. Dhenkanal comes under the DCDH at Angul which was inaugurated on 12th December, 2022.

The Virtual Centre of the High Court of Orissa at Dhenkanal was inaugurated on 27th March, 2023.

Four courts were declared as paperless courts, and an e-library was made functional at the outlying station at Kamakshyanagar.

Shri Jagdish Prasad Mohanty was the District and Sessions Judge for the entire year of 2023.