ANNUAL REPORT

2023

Kendrapara

District Court Building, Kendrapara

The judgeship of Kendrapara was separated from Cuttack Judgeship and was established on 26th June, 2012. 22 different courts are functioning in the Judgeship with outlying stations at Pattamundai, Rajnagar and Aul. The new building, which was inaugurated on 20th February, 2020, was constructed by the OSPH & WC at a cost of Rs. 19.68 Crores. It has 16 Courtrooms along with facilities like lift, V.C room, Advocate V.C. Point, Firefighting system, e-Sewa Kendra, Ramp for differentlyabled persons etc.

Kendrapara comes under the DCDH at Bhadrak which was inaugurated on 12th December, 2022 in Virtual Mode by the Chief Justice of India. The New Court building of JMFC, Aul was inaugurated on 10.09.2023.

The Virtual Centre of the High Court of Orissa at Kendrapara was established in this Judgeship on 27.03.2023 in the Old Court Building premises.

Court of Addl. District & Sessions Judge, Kendrapara, the Court of Addl. District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge Court under POCSO Act and the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kendrapara were made paperless in 2023.

Shri Biswajit Mahanty was the District and Sessions Judge for the entire year of 2023.

From left to right of the top row-DLSA Free health camp and fire fighting training session
Bottom row-Inauguration of court complex

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

Number of judges in each court

Case Statistics