ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

History

Sidhi Revenue district was reformed from the princely state of Rewa.After 27 years of independence, judicial district Sidhi was formed, On 12.04.1975. The Court of District and Sessions Judge in Sidhi District was inaugurated and worshiped by the Hon’ble Chief Justice Judge Shri Justice R.K. Tankha ji, of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur.First District and Sessions Judge of the district, Sidhi was Shri S.D. Jha. Earlier, the court used to function in the old court Building (Jajji Bhavan) located at Kotarkala,Sidhi, which functioned till 1985. Before the establishment of the Judicial District in 1975, in Sidhi district.
In addition to the Sidhi headquarters, the courts of the civil judge were also operating at the tehsil level, out of which the civil judge class-2 Waidhan and Devsar (Currently Known as Singrauli District) were added and then in 1985, the court of civil judge class-2 Majhauli.A Link court was established and operated in Majhauli only for 7 days in a Month. Later on, the court became a Link court for 15 days. After that, from Year 2000 till now, the court of Civil Judge Class-2 is running regularly in Majhauli. At present, Gram Nayalaya has also been established in Majhauli.
Similarly, in Majhauli, the post of Civil Judge Class-1, who is also the Judicial Officer of the Gram Nyayalaya, and another post of Civil Judge Class-2 also operates. At the time of formation of Sidhi Judicial District in 1975, the District Court was functioning in the court building located at Kotarkala. Later on, due to shortage of space in the old court building, in 1981, Court Building Shifted to in front of the Collectorate in the Purana Tola in Karondiya, M.P.The foundation stone of the building was laid by the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Hon’able Kunwar Arjun Singh Ji. After the completion of the construction of the building, the present District Court building was dedicated by the Chief Justice of the Hon’able High Court, Hon’able Shri Justice Jagdish Sharanji Verma on 23.12.1985.
At present, there are 03 civil courts in district Sidhi namely Majhauli, Churhat, Rampur Naikin respectively and a Link Court is also Working in Rampur Naikin. Also, the Principal Judge, Family Court also Works in the District Court premises.