Angul
District Court Building, Angul
Angul Judgeship with its headquarters at Angul was separated from its parent judgeship Dhenkanal on 31st July, 2012. 30 different courts are functioning in this judgeship with five outlying stations situated at Talcher, Athmallik, Pallahara, Chhendipada, and Banarpal. The Old District Court complex started functioning in 1996.
The New Court complex was inaugurated on 21st April, 2018. It includes one Virtual Court Room, e-Sewa Kendra, V.C. cabin, e-prosecution, and record room.
The Virtual High Court of Orissa at Angul was inaugurated and made functional w.e.f. 27.03.2023 in the District Court Complex, Angul.
The Regional Judicial Academy, Angul 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 Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, and Deogarh.
The District Court Digitization Hub (DCDH) was inaugurated on 12th December, 2022, and it serves as a hub for Dhenkanal. In the year 2023, a total of 1,70,100 numbers of case records (99,68,412 pages) were scanned.
The court of Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.)-A.S.J. (Women’s) Court, Angul was inaugurated and made functional w.e.f. 20.05.2023.
The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Angul, Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.)-cum-A.S.J. (Women’s) Court, Angul, the Court of Addl. District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge (Vigilance), Angul, and the Court of Addl. District & Sessions Judgecum- Special Court under POCSO act, Angul were declared as Paperless Court in 2023.
The Warrant Management System (WMS) was inaugurated on 07.08.2023.
NSTEP was made functional and inaugurated on 03.09.2023. New District Court website under SWAAS domain was inaugurated on 03.09.2023.
Shri Pranab Kumar Patra was the District and Sessions Judge till 27th December, 2023.
Apart from the District and Sessions Judge, the judgeship consists of the following courts:
Number of judges in each court
Case Statistics