The Judgeship of Gajapati came into existence on 30th July, 2011, after the bifurcation of the Judgeship of Ganjam-Gajapati and started functioning with headquarters at Paralakhemundi. 15 different courts are functioning in the Judgeship with outlying stations at R. Udayagiri, Mohana, and Kashinagar. The new District Court building was inaugurated on 20th November, 2020. The building has a basement and three floors. There are 11 Courtrooms. The basement is being used for parking of the vehicles. Other facilities such as lift, Air Conditioner, and fire safety measures have been installed in the building. The new District Court building constructed by OSPH and WCA at a total cost of around Rs. 17.71 crores was inaugurated on 20th November, 2021. Gajapati comes under the DCDH at Ganjam which was inaugurated on 12th December, 2022.

The Court of District & Sessions Judge, Gajapati, the Juvenile Justice Board, Gajapati, Parlakhemundi, the Courts of Judge, Family Court, Parlakhemundi, and Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.), Parlakhemundi were inaugurated as Paperless Courts in 2023.

Construction of a new court building of Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.) at R. Udayagiri, Bar Association Hall, and Amenity Centre at Parlakhemundi were started in 2023. Also, the Foundation stone for the construction of Court Building

Civil Courts at Kashinagar was laid by Hon’ble Dr. Justice B.R. Sarangi, the then Acting Chief Justice.

The Virtual High Court of Orissa at Gajapati was inaugurated on 19th October, 2023. In 2023, 68,431 Case records with a total of 35,97,063 pages were digitised. Shri Pranab Kumar Routray was the District and Sessions Judge for the entire duration of 2023 .

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

Number of judges in each court

Case Statistics