District Court Nuapada

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Nuapada was a part of princely state Khariar in the Tahasil of Mahasamund under Raipur District in the erstwhile of Central Provinces and Berar. Subsequently, since 1936 it became a new Sub-Division of Sambalpur District. A Deputy Commissioner stationed at Nuapada used to exercise the Executive and Judicial Power. While dealing with criminal cases, at a later point the Sub-Divisional Officer was assisted by Second and Third Officers to cope up with rising volume of litigations. Second Officer used to exercise the power of Judicial Magistrate. He used to dispense the Criminal Justice. The Munsif from Bargarh used to camp here every month for a couple of days to dispose of the civil litigations. On 01.11.1949, Kalahandi formed into a new district. So Nuapada sub-division being bifurcated from Sambalpur district got annexed with Kalahandi district. After its inclusion in Kalahandi district, the Munsif Titilagarh started camping at Nuapada to deal with civil litigations. In the year 1967, the court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate was started functioning at Nuapada. In the year 1948, Nuapada BAR was formed with just 3 nos. of Pleaders. The Nuapada BAR Association is the oldest of undivided Kalahandi district. In July, 1993 it became the District[...]