District Court Rohtak

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

In 1824, Rohtak district was formed as a separate unit consisting of Gohana, Kharakhauda-Mandothi, Rohtak-Beri and Meham-Bhiwani tehsil(s).

Before March 1, 1955, for judicial administration the Rohtak district was tagged to the Karnal district and as such only one District and Sessions Judge was appointed for the two districts. Finding this arrangement cumbersome for lawyers as well as litigants, the Bar represented against it and as a result, a separate District and Sessions Judge was posted at Rohtak.

Rohtak was declared a separate Sessions Division on 01.03.1955 and Shri Jwala Dass was posted as First District and Sessions Judge at Rohtak and Shri Ram Gopal Kohli was posted as Senior Sub Judge, Rohtak on 09.04.1959.

The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judges, which was presided by Shri B.S. Yadav, established at Rohtak on 28.08.1967.

Beside the one Court of District and Sessions Judge, there are six Courts of Additional District and Sessions Judges, Court of Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.), Chief Judicial Magistrate and six Courts of Civil Judges (Jr. Divn.) and one Court of Additional Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.), Meham presently functioning in Sessions Division, Rohtak. One Labour Court and one Consumer Court are also functioning. One Court of[...]