SONEPAT DISTRICT COURT INFORMATION

Brief History

The Sonipat area was a part of Delhi District up to 1912. It was included in Rohtak District in September, 1912. Gohana Tehsil remained a part of Rohtak District till the formation of Sonipat as separate District on 22.12.1972.

The first Judicial Court started functioning at Sonipat on 15.5.1959. Shri Surjeet Singh Raikhy was posted as first Sub. Judge First Class at Kot Mohalla, Sonipat. In the beginning, there was only one Court. Shri I.P. Vashishth was posted as first Senior Sub Judge in this District on 29.3.1973.

The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate was separately established on 13.5.1975 with Shri R.S. Bhatia as the first Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sonipat. Shri V.K. Kaushal joined as first Additional District & Sessions Judge, Sonipat, on 18.10.1973.

Sonipat District was declared as Sessions Division by the Hon’ble High Court, vide Haryana Govt. Notification No. 3/1/78JJ(4) dated 19th May, 1983 and Shri I.M. Malik was appointed as the first District & Sessions Judge at Sonipat, who joined on 8th June, 1983.

The Judicial Courts shifted in the present new Judicial Complex-cum-Mini Secretariat, in the year 1977 and prior to that the Judicial Courts were functioning in the Old Tehsil building. From initial strength of about 65 lawyers at the creation of the District, presently a large number of advocates are enrolled as members at District Bar Association, Sonipat.

At present, Sonipat Sessions Division has its two Sub Divisions, Gohana and Ganaur. Previously Gohana was a Tehsil and it was upgraded as Sub Division on 12.04.1965. As per office record, Sh. S.B. Ahuja joined as SJIC/JMIC after separation of Judiciary in 1964. Sh. M.L. Singhal appointed as JMIC at Gohana on 28.04.1964. As far as Ganaur Sub Division is concerned, the first Judicial Court started functioning w.e.f. 17.09.2001 and Sh. Sudhir Jiwan was appointed as first Judicial Officer at Ganaur. The Court at Ganaur is functioning in the building of Tehsil.

Address & contact Details

Address:-	Sh. Suresh Kumar Saini, Superintendent
Phone/Mobile no:-	0130-2221050
E Mail:-	dsjsnp@hry.nic.in

List of Judges at Sonipat Court

Sl No:-	Names:-
1	Sh. Davinder Singh  Sheoran	District & Sessions Judge
2	Sh. L.N. Jindal	District Judge (FC)
3	Sh. Ajay Tewatia	Additional District & Sessions Judge
4	Sh. Sushil Kumar	Additional District & Sessions Judge
5	Sh. Jagdeep Singh	Additional District & Sessions Judge
6	Sh. Parveen Kumar	Additional District & Sessions Judge
7	Ms. Gagan Geet Kaur	Additional District & Sessions Judge
8	Sh. Hukam Singh	Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.)
9	Sh. Surender Kumar	Chief Judicial Magistrate
10	Ms. Jasbir	Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.)/PMJJB
11	Ms. Monika	Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.)
12	Ms. Mainka Singh	Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.)
13	Sh. Ashutosh	Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.)
14	Ms. Karuna Sharma	Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.)
15	Sh. Vishesh Garg	Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.)

Sub Division Gohana

1	Ms. Nidhi Bansal	Additional Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.)
2	Ms. Neelam Kumari	Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.)
3	Sh. Vikram Jit Singh	Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.)

Sub Division Ganaur

1	Sh. Narender Singh	Additional Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.)
2	Sh. Vikrant	Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.)

Sub Division Kharkhoda

1

Ms. Kavita Kamboj

Civil Judge (Jr. Divn.)

Other Courts

1

Ms. Harsali Chaudhary

Chief Judicial Magistrate­ cum Secretary, DLSA