CIVIL COURT, LATEHAR

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Latehar was elevated from sub-divisional status to a district on 4 April 2001, vide Jharkhand Government Notification No 946 dated 04.04.2001.

Latehar was a part of Palamau District as Sub-division since 1924 and before the separation of Latehar from Palamau District, all the Judicial proceedings were taken care of by the Judgeship of Daltonganj. Parallel to the Civil Court of Daltonganj three (03) sub divisional courts were functional in Latehar namely: (a) the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, (b) the Court of Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate and (c) the Court of Munsif.

The Civil Court of Latehar was established on 29th September,2001 by the emergence of three more courts i.e. Court of District Judge, Court of Additional District Judge & Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate and Sri Mishri Lal Choudhary was appointed as the first District & Sessions Judge of the Judgeship of Latehar.

The Judgeship of Latehar was honoured to work under the abled leadership of various District & Sessions Judges and Principal District & Sessions Judges of Latehar viz (1) Sri Mishri Lal Choudhary (29.09.2001 to 28.02.2003), (2) Sri Amitav Kumar Gupta (01.03.03 to 11.05.04), (3) Sri Nageshwar Prasad (17.05.04 to 25.07.06),[...]