District Court Building, Nuapada

The Nuapada judgeship was inaugurated on 7th July 2012, after being bifurcated from the Kalahandi judgeship. The combined judgeship of Kalahandi-Nuapada–Bolangir started functioning with effect from 17th June 1948 with its headquarters at Bolangir. The Judgeship of Kalahandi-Nuapada was separated with effect from 28th February 1982 from the Bolangir judgeship. After the creation of Nuapada as a separate district, the Kalahandi- Nuapada Judgeship continued until 6th July 2012, when the Judgeship of Nuapada was separated on 7th July 2012 from the Kalahandi- Nuapada Judgeship. Presently, the judgeship is functioning with 14 different Courts with outlying stations at Khariar, Sinapal, Boden, and Komna.

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

“B” type quarters for the District and Sessions Judge was constructed.

The Court of Additional District & Sessions Judge, Nuapada, the Courts of Chief Judicial Magistrate, and Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.) (Women’s Court) became paperless in the year 2023. The Virtual High Court of Orissa at Nuapada was inaugurated on 19th October 2023.

Shri Sangram Keshari Pattanaik was the District and Session Judge until 27th September 2023, and Sri Anand Narayan Maharana continued thereafter from 3rd October 2023 till the end of the year.

Inauguration of Virtual Centre of the High Court

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

Number of judges in each court