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The
Sonipat
District
area
was
a
part
of
the
Delhi
District
up
to
1912.
It
was
included
in
Rohtak
District
in
September
1912.
Gohana
Tehsil
remained
a
part
of
the
Rohtak
District
till
the
formation
of
Sonipat
as
a
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
the
first
Sub.
Judge
First
Class
at
Kot
Mohalla,
Sonipat.
In
the
beginning,
there
was
only
one
Court.
Shri
I.P.
Vashishth
was
posted
as
the
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
were
appointed
as
the
first
District
&
Sessions
Judge
at
Sonipat,
who
joined
on
8th
June
1983.
The
Sonipat
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
three
Sub-Divisions,
Gohana,
Ganaur,
and
Kharkhoda.
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
the
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
the
first
Judicial
Officer
at
Ganaur.
At
Kharkhoda
sub-Division,
the
First
Judicial
Court
started
functioning
w.e.f.
27.04.2015
and
Dr.
Kavita
Kamboj
was
appointed
as
the
first
Judicial
Officer
at
Kharkhoda.
The
Court
at
Kharkhoda
is
functioning
in
the
building
of
Tehsil.
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