The union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands was the Chief Commissioner’s Province and the Chief Commissioner used to function as Additional District & Sessions Judge. Shri Manmohan Singh Gujral a senior member of the higher judicial services, for the first time, took charge of the court of District & Additional Sessions Judge on 22 November 1965. The court at that time started functioning in the building just across the road in front of the present court building. The Executive Magistrate was authorized to discharge the functions of Magistrates of the first class to carry out the different provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1895 (Act 5 of 1898).
Shri Manmohan Singh Gujral relinquished the charge of the office on 13 August 1966. Shri Kamaleshwar Nath, a Senior Member of Higher Judicial Service succeeded Shri Manmohan Singh Gujral as District & Additional Sessions Judge on 2 September 1966. The post of District & Additional Sessions Judge was upgraded as District & Sessions Judge with effect from 1 December 1967 and Shri Kamaleshwar Nath was redesignated as District & Sessions Judge with effect from 1 December 1967.
Following the transfer of Shri Kamaleshwar Nath on 22 September 1970, Shri S.P. Das Ghosh took charge of the court of District & Sessions Judge from 18th November 1970. Shri S.P. Das Ghosh held the Office till 5th June 1974 and Shri A. K. Chatterjee succeeded Shri S. P. Das Ghosh as District & Sessions Judge with effect from 6th June 1974.
Act 5 of 1898 was repealed by the enactment of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 (Act 2 of 1974 with effect) on 25 January 1974. This necessitated the separation of the judiciary from the executives. The administration allotted land for the construction of a court building. The Hon’ble Justice Shankar Prasad Mitra, Chief Justice, High Court Calcutta laid the foundation stone of the present court building on 26 February 1973. construction of the court building was completed in April 1975 and the Hon’ble Justice Shankar Prasad Mitra, Chief Justice, High Court Calcutta inaugurated the new court building on 07 April 1975.
Total number of Courts in Andaman & Nicobar Islands – 14
Following the separation of the Judiciary from the executives the Government of India has created the following Courts in the year 1975 up to the present:
- District & Sessions Judge, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Additional District and Sessions Judge, Port Blair
- Additional District and Sessions Judge, North & Middle Andaman, Mayabunder
- Judge, Family Court, Port Blair
- Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Civil Judge (Sr. Division), Port Blair
- Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Civil Judge (Sr. Division), Car Nicobar cum Joint Civil Judge (Sr. Division), Port Blair
- Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Civil Judge (Sr. Division), North & Middle Andaman, Mayabunder
- Judicial Magistrate First Class cum Civil Judge (Jr. Division), Ist Court, Port Blair
- Judicial Magistrate First Class cum Civil Judge (Jr. Division), IInd Court, Port Blair
- Judicial Magistrate First Class cum Civil Judge (Jr. Division), Mayabunder and Circuit Court at Diglipur
- Judicial Magistrate First Class cum Civil Judge (Jr. Division), Campbell Bay cum Civil Judge (Jr. Division) Addl. Court, Port Blair
- The Family Court at Port Blair started functioning on 01.12.2017, and The POSCO Court was duly inaugurated on 20.04.2019 by the Hon’ble Justice, Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, The Chief Justice, High Court, Calcutta accompanied by his spouse Mrs. Meera Radhakrishnan.
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- District & Session Court South Andaman
AHW Colony, Shadipur, Port Blair,
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Pin – 744101
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- Phone Number: 03192237597, 03192-232353
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