Principal District and Sessions Court Raipur

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Raipur was declared as District in 1861.Raipur District is situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh Region. Is the capital city of the state of Chhattisgarh India. It was formerly a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Chhattisgarh was formed on 1 November 2000. At the time of the 2011 census, the population within the Municipal Corporation area of Raipur was 1,010,087. Raipur is located near the centre of a large plain, sometimes referred as the "rice bowl of India", where hundreds of varieties of rice are grown. The Mahanadi River flows to the east of the city of Raipur, and the southern side has dense forests. The Maikal Hills rise on the north-west of Raipur; on the north, the land rises and merges with the Chhota Nagpur Plateau, which extends north-east across Jharkhand state. On the south of Raipur lies the Deccan Plateau.

ABOUT DISTRICT AND SESSIONS COURT RAIPUR

Raipur was made civil district in 1917 and first time district and sessions judges started to sit in the Raipur Office. Before this a civil judge was appointed in Raipur on 1886, according to central provinces , civil court act. A new state Chhattisgarh was formed on 01[...]