History

Initially on 3rd Day of June 1996 two courts were established at Panchkula. Sh.R.K.Kashyap joined as Civil Judge (Senior Division)-cum-Chief Judicial Magistrate, Panchkula. Shri Y.S. Rathore joined as Civil Judge (Junior Division), Panchkula. Shri Darshan Singh first Addl. District & Sessions Judge at Panchkula joined on 07.03.2000. In the beginning these courts were a part of Ambala Sessions Division.

District Panchkula attained its identity as Separate Sessions Division on 09.05.2005 with Shri Arvind Goel (who retired as Judge of Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh), as its First District & Sessions Judge. Sh. Sanjay Sandhir is currently posted as District & Sessions Judge, Panchkula.

Sh. Bikramjit Aroura, Sh. Amit Sharma-II and Dr. Himanshu Singh are working as Additional District & Sessions Judges at Panchkula. One exclusive Court of POSCO presided by Sh. Manish Dua respectively working as Additional District & Sessions Judges. Ms. Rekha is working as Principal Judge Family Court. There are two exclusive CBI Courts, Haryana presided over by Sh. Vijayant Sehgal, Special Judge, CBI and Sh. Anil Kumar Yadav, Special Judicial Magistrate, CBI.

Ms. Kirti Vashista is working as Civil Judge Senior Division and Sh. Vinod Kumar is working as Chief Judicial Magistrate , One Court of Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division) being presided over by Ms. Jyoti Sandhu, One Court of Civil Judge (Junior Division) being presided over by Ms. Arunima Chauhan,One Court of Civil Judge (Junior Division) being presided over by Ms. Abhidha Gupta. One exclusive Court for Negotiable and Instrument Act presided by Ms. Manmeet Kaur Ghuman respectively working at Panchkula. Sh. Ajay Kumar is working as Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Whole Time Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Panchkula.These courts are situated in Sector- 1, Panchkula.

District Bar Association, Panchkula has inherited all its traits, traditions and qualities from its parent Bar i.e. District Bar Association, Ambala which has produced many legal luminaries.

There are two Courts in Sub-Division Kalka one court of Addl. Civil Judge (Senior Division) being presided over by Sh. Abhimanyu Rajput and one court of Civil Judge (Junior Division) being presided over by Ms Ravneet.