Golaghat District Judiciary

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Golaghat District is situated in between 26 degrees and 27 degrees North latitude and in between 93 degrees and 94 degrees 17 minutes East latitude with a population of 9,46,279 out of which 4,90,286 male and 4,55,993 female according to the cencuss of 2001 which comprises 3 subdivisions namely Golaghat, Dhansiri with head quarter at Sarupathar and Bokakhat. The World famous National park Kaziranga is situated at a distance of about 70 K.M. from the District Head Quarter and within the jurisdiction of Civil Sub-Division of Bokakhat. The Numaligarh Refinery one of the fruitful products of long standing Assam agitation is situated just 27 K.M. away from the Head Quarter. The Baisnavite monastery under the name and style of "Athkhelia Namghar" is only at a distance of 16 K.M. east from the Head Quarter. The District is surrounded by beatiful hills, water falls, Artesian well such as Garam Pani to its southern side which easily attract the tourists of not only from the country but also from the abroad.

The Judicial Court of the District & Sessions Judge, Golaghat was inaugurated on 13th of August 1988 by the then Hon'ble Justice Mr A. Raghubir, Chief Justice, Gauhati High[...]