District Court Building, Keonjhar

The judgeship of Keonjhar was separated from the Mayurbhanj judgeship on 28th February 1982. Currently, 29 different courts are functioning in the judgeship with outlying stations at Anandapur, Ghasipura, Hatadihi, Champua, Telkoi, and Barbil. Initially, the Court functioned at the Collectorate building and was shifted to a new building on 21st April 2004. There are 14 courtrooms in the building. It has facilities like e-Sewa Kendra, e-Filing Centre, e-Meeting help desk, video conferencing room, and e-Kiosk.

The Courts of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Keonjhar, Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.) (Women’s Court), Adhoc Addl. District & Sessions Judge (FTSC), Keonjhar & Addl. District & Sessions Judge, Keonjhar, Additional District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge(Vigilance), Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Court under POCSO Act, at Keonjhar were made paperless courts in 2023.

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

In 2023, 64,928 case records comprising 58,42,482 pages were digitized at D.C.D.H, Keonjhar.

Shri Chittaranjan Mohapatra was the District judge till 31st July 2023. Shri Ashok Ku. Panda took over on 10th October 2023.

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

Number of judges in each court

Case Statistics