After its separation from the parent Judgeship of Cuttack, the Judgeship of Jagatsinghpur started functioning from 17th May, 2013. 22 different Courts are functioning in the Judgeship with outlying stations at Kujang, Tirtol, Raghunathpur, and Ersama.

The new District Court building constructed by the OSPH & WC at an estimated cost of Rs. 19.86 Crores was inaugurated on 2nd November, 2019. It is functioning in a new building. There are 15 Courtrooms in the building. It has various facilities like the Bar Hall, ramp for disabled persons, conference hall.

Jagatsinghpur comes under the DCDH at Cuttack which was inaugurated on 12th December, 2022. In 2023, 37,701 Caserecords with a total of 18,23,582 pages were digitised.

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

The Court of District & Sessions Judge, Jagatsinghpur, the Court of Addl. District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Court under POCSO Act, Jagatsinghpur, and the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jagatsinghpur were inaugurated as Paperless Courts.

Shri Anup Kumar Chandan was the District & Sessions Judge throughout the year.

Number of judges in each court