District Court in Etah

The district Etah is flanked by the districts of Badaun and Kasganj on its north and on its east it is bordered by the districts of Farrukhabad and Mainpuri. With the district of Firozabad lying to its south, Etah district is positioned in the fertile plain of Doab amid Yamuna and Ganga in the western part of the Aligarh division of Uttar Pradesh. The District Court of Etah was established in 1951.

History of District Court Etah

Prior to Independence, the judicial courts included the Aligarh courts of the District & Sessions Judge. The District & Sessions Judge’s jurisdiction used to embrace the courts of the Munsif of Kasganj, Munsif of Etah and the subordinate judge in Etah. The Etah Munsifi held the tehsils of Aliganj, Etah and Jalesar whereas the Kasganj Munsifi contained the tehsils of Patiyali and Kasganj. The District Kasganj was excluded from the Etah District during the month of November in 2008.

Etah Civil Jurisdiction

The court of Etah District Judge hears to the appeals of the civil cases in Etah. Apart from this, there are 3 courts of Special Judges and 7 courts of Additional District Judges as integral to Etah District Court.

The courts of Civil Judge of Senior Division and the Civil Judge of Junior Division are the primary courts that hear the civil cases in Etah depending on the significance of those civil cases. The Senior Division comprises of 1 court of Civil Judge and the Junior Division includes 6 courts of Additional Civil Judges.

Criminal Jurisdiction in Etah

The Session Court is authorized to administer the Sessions trials of the criminal courts. 3 Special Courts and 7 Additional Sessions function in Etah apart from the Sessions Court. The Special Courts in Etah are known as the Special Court (DAA), the Special Court (E. C. Act) and the Special Court SC & ST (PA) Act.

Judicial Officers in Etah

Here is a list of the juducial officers in Etah:

District & Sessions Judge
Shri Shyam Vinod

Additional District & Sessions Judge
Sri Ahibaran Singh

ADJ/Special Judge (E. C) Act
Sri D. S. P. Srivastava

ADJ/Special Judge (DAA)
Sri Chandra Bhan III

Additional District & Sessions Judge
Sri Vishnu Kumar Sharma

Additional District & Sessions Judge
Sri Manohar Lal

Judicial Magistrate
Sri T. N. Paswan

Chief Judicial Magistrate
Sri Bans Bahadur Yadav

Special Judicial Magistrate
Sri R. P. Pachauri

Civil Judge of Senior Division
Sri Husain Ahmad Ansari

Civil Judge of Junior Division
Sri Shailendra Verma

Additional Civil Judge of Senior Division
Sri Rajat Verma

Additional Civil Judge of Junior Division
Sri Rahul Dubey

Additional Civil Judge of Junior Division
Sri Anjani Kumar Singh

Additional Civil Judge of Junior Division
Sri Manoj Upadhyaya

Additional Civil Judge of Junior Division
Sri Satendra Singh Virwan

Additional Civil Judge of Junior Division
Sri Avinash Kumar Singh

Additional Civil Judge of Junior Division
Smt. Richa Waliya