District Court Building, Khurda

The Judgeship of Khurda was inaugurated on 1st May 1997, after being bifurcated from the Judgeship of Puri. Fifty-seven courts are functioning under it, with outlying stations at Khurda, Khurda Road, Banapur, Tangi, Jatni, Chilika, and Begunia. The present District Court building at Bhubaneswar was inaugurated in 1980. The extended CBI court building and the Fast Track Court building were inaugurated in 2002 and 2003, respectively.

Khurda comes under the DCDH at Cuttack, which was inaugurated on 12th December 2022 in Virtual Mode by the Chief Justice of India.

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

The Court of Ad-hoc Addl. Dist. & Sessions Judge, FTSC-II, Bhubaneswar, was inaugurated in 2023.

Another new Court building at Tangi was inaugurated on 2nd September 2023. The Court of Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.)-cum-JMFC at Begunia was inaugurated on 4th November 2023.

New Court buildings and residential quarters are to be constructed in Begunia, Jatni, and Chilika, for which the foundation stone has already been laid.

A paperless court complex at Bhubaneswar in the Judgeship of Khurda was inaugurated in 2023. Khurda became the second district of the State after Ganjam to have all its courts at its Headquarters at Bhubaneswar became paperless.

Shri Nisith Nisank was the District and Sessions Judge for the entire duration of 2023.

From left to right of the top row- Foundation stone laying of court complex at Begunia and Chilika and Drawing Competition
From left to right of the bottom row- Court complex inauguration, Workplace stress
management session and Foundation stone laying of Court Complex at Jatni

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

Number of judges in each court

Case Statistics