District Court Building, Kalahandi at Bhawanipatna

Kalahandi was a princely state in British India. It merged with Orissa State as Kalahandi District comprising the current Kalahandi and Nuapada Districts. Though in 1993, Nuapada sub-division was carved out as a separate district, Kalahandi (Lok Sabha constituency) continued to represent both Kalahandi and Nuapada Districts together. The judgeship of Nuapada was separated from Kalahandi on 7th July, 2012. The District Court is functioning in a new building at Bhawanipatna. It has 11 well-furnished Court Halls and facilities like office, library, waiting hall for the witnesses, Bar Hall, lift, drinking water, ramp for disabled persons, separate washroom facilities for disabled persons. Its construction, by the OSPH & WC, at an estimated cost of around Rs. 22.5 Crores was completed on 25th November, 2020. The building was inaugurated on 6th March, 2021. 31 different Courts are functioning in the Judgeship with outlying stations at Kesinga, Madanpur-Rampur, Dharamgarh, Junagarh, Koksara, Jaipatna and T.Rampur.

The District Court Digitization Hub (DCDH) was inaugurated on 12th December, 2022, in Virtual Mode by the Chief Justice of India and it serves as a hub for Nuapada. In 2023, 63,018 Case records with a total of 75,79,047 pages were digitised.

New Court Buildings at Kesinga, Madanpur- Rampur were inaugurated on 30.04.2023.

The Courts of Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.)-cum-Asst. Sessions Judge (Women’s Court), Bhawanipatna,

Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.) (LR & LTV), Bhawanipatna, Judge, Family Court, Bhawanipatna, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kalahandi, Bhawanipatna, Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum- Special Court under POCSO Act, Bhawanipatna, Adhoc Additional District & Sessions Judge (FTSC), Bhawanipatna were inaugurated as Paperless Courts.

The Virtual High Court of Orissa at Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi was inaugurated on 3rd February, 2023.

Shri Dipti Ranjan Kanungo was the District & Session Judge throughout the year, 2023.

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

Number of judges in each court

Case Statistics