District & Sessions Court, Yavatmal

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Yavatmal District is located in the Western Vidharbha region. It is surrounded northeast by Wardha District, to the east by Chandrapur District, to the north of Andhara Pradesh State and Nanded District, and to the west by Washim District. Yavatmal district comprises sixteen tehsils namely Arni, Umarkhed, Kalamb, Pandharkawada (Kelapur), Ghatanji, Zari-Jamni, Darwha, Digras, Ner, Pusad, Babhulgaon, Mahagaon, Maregaon, Yavatmal, Ralegaon and Wani. Yavatmal remained part of Madhya Pradesh until the 1956.
At the time of reorganization of states it was transferred to the State of Mumbai (Bombay). With the creation of the Maharashtra State on 1 May 1960, Yavatmal district, became a part of it. Prior to 01-04-1959, the Yavatmal Judicial District was attached to the District Court, Amravati. However, from 01-04-1959 Yavatmal District Court is formed and the work of District Court Yavatmal is started independently from 01-04-1959. Shri P.H. Parikh was the first District & Sessions Judge of Yavatmal Judicial District. In the Yavatmal Judicial District, there are four Sessions Divisions i.e. Yavatmal, Pusad, Darwha and Pandharkawada (Kelapur).
The Pusad Sessions Court established from 26-02-1990, Darwha Sessions Court established from 17-01-2004 and Pandharkawada Sessions Court established from 03-08-2002. New Court building of District & Sessions[...]