District Courts, Chandigarh
District courts, Chandigarh is the district and sessions court for the Union territory of Chandigarh, in India. It is situated at sector 17 in Chandigarh, the capital of the States of Punjab and Haryana. The sanctioned strenghth of this district and sessions court is 20 judges. As on 9th April, 2011, there are 20 Judges.
History
The court came into existence on 1st November, 1966 with the bifurcation of the states of Punjab and Haryana and creation of Chandigarh as a Union Territory.. Shri Jasmer Singh being was the first District & Sessions Judge, Chandigarh, and Shri Sohan Lal Verma was the Sub Judge First Class.
Number and type of courts
- Four Courts of Additional District & Sessions Judges
- One Special Court for trying C.B.I. Cases
- Courts of Civil Judge (Senior Division)
- Chief Judicial Magistrate
- Twelve Courts of Civil Judges (Junior Division)
- Five Special Courts dealing with u/s 138 of Negotiable INSTRUMENTS cases
Judges
- Suresh Kumar Goel - District & Sessions Judge
- Mr. Surinder Singh Sahni - Addl. District & Sessions Judge
- Mr. Lalit Batra - Addl. District& Sessions Judge
- Mr. Gian Chand Garg - Addl. District& Sessions Judge
- Mr. Sh. Ved Parkash Sirohi - Addl. District& Sessions Judge
- Ms. Ritu Tagore - Special Judge, CBI Court
- Ms. Preeti Sahni - Civil Judge, Sr.Division cum Addl.Chief Judicial Magistrate
- Mr. Jasbir Singh Sidhu - Chief Judicial Magistrate
- Mr. Parinder Singh - Civil Judge (Jr.Div)
- Mr. Ranjeev Kumar - Civil Judge (Jr. Div)
- Mr. Barjinderpal Singh - Civil Judge (Jr. Div)
- Mr. Sucheta Chauhan - Civil Judge (Jr.Div)
- Mr. Anupamish Modi - Civil Judge (Jr. Div)
- Mr. Gurpartap Singh - Civil Judge (Jr. Div)
- Mr. Ajit Pal Singh - Civil Judge (Jr. Div)
- Mr. Pritpal Singh - Civil Judge (Jr.Div)
- Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma - Civil Judge (Jr. Div)
- Mr. Sunil Kumar - Civil Judge (Jr. Div)
- Mr. Hemraj Mittal - Civil Judge (Jr.Div)
- Mr. Amit Sharma - Civil Judge (Jr.Div)
District Bar Association
The District Bar Association, Chandigarh has presently AbOUT 1600 Advocates enrolled as members of District Bar Association.
Lok adalat
Lok adalats help in disposing of large number of cases.
See also
- Sessions Court