Bongaigaon District Court

Judicial Courts and Offices, Bongaigaon also known as Bongaigaon Court is consist of many offices. Such as District and Sessions Judge, Bongaigaon(Ground Floor), Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bongaigaon(1st Floor), Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bongaigaon (1st Floor), Munsiff -cum- Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Bongaigaon (1st Floor) and The Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Bongaigaon(1st Floor).

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The name of Bongaigaon is the elongation of fig and old village named Bongaigaon alias Bong-ai-gaon situated on the southern border of the town. According to hearsay in the long past, there were plenty of wild (Bon) Cows (Gai) in the surrounding hills and forest areas. So, the villagers assembled from time to time to drive away from the wild cows for protecting their crops. Thus this area was popularly known as Bon-Gai-Gaon.nOriginally, Bongaigaon district was under the Judgeship of Goalpara district along with Dhubri and Kokrajhar district with headquarter at Dhubri. In the year 1981, the erstwhile Goalpara district was divided into 3 (three) separate district namely – Goalpara, Dhubri, and Kokrajhar. But after the division of separate districts, the judicial function of the said districts was under the control of Goalpara district with headquarter at Dhubri, temporarily for few years.nnThe decision of creating a new district Bongaigaon, curving out some areas of the Goalpara and Kokrajhar district came into existence by the Government of Assam in 1989. And on 29th September 1989, Bongaigaon was declared a separate district by the Government of Assam with its headquarter at Bongaigaon. And thus district judiciary of Bongaigaon district was bifurcated from the erstwhile Goalpara district which started functioning w.e.f. 30/10/1992. And thus the judgeship of four districts i.e., Goalpara, Dhubri, Kokrajhar, and Bongaigaon of erstwhile Goalpara district now functioning separately.nnThe Judgeship of Bongaigaon district was created in the year of 1992 vide Govt. Notification No. JDJ.337/87/183, Dated 29 July 1992. The new court building of District & Sessions Judge, Bongaigaon was inaugurated by Mr. Justice Jasti Chelameswar, the then Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court, Guwahati on the 29th March 2009.nnThe Court of Additional District & Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court) Bongaigaon was created vide Govt. Notification No. JDJ(E)22/2001/22 dated 2nd April 2001 and started functioning w.e.f. 01/06/2001. The Court of Civil Judge & Assistant Sessions Judge Bongaigaon was created vide Govt. Notification No. JDJ.129/83311 dated 19 May 1998 and started functioning w.e.f. 13 April 1999. The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Bongaigaon was created vide Govt. Notification No. JDJ.231/89/22 dated 02 February 1999 and started functioning w.e.f. 25 April 1999.nnBongaigaon district judiciary has only one Sub-Division namely North Salmara with headquarter at Abhayapuri. The Court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (Mufasil) at North Salmara, Abhayapuri was established on 24/04/1987, and the Court of Munsiff at North Salmara, Abhayapuri was established on 23 July 1988.nnBefore the creation of the Chirang District Court, Bongaigaon has another Sub-Divisional Court namely Bijni with headquarter at Bijni. The Court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (Mufasil) at Bijni and the Court of Munsiff at Bijni were established on 11/04/1997. After the creation of the Chirang District Court, Bijni Sub-Division comes under the Chirang District Court.nnDistrict & Sessions Judge is the head of the Bongaigaon District Judiciary and acts as Judge-in-Charge of the District Court complex, Bongaigaon. District & Sessions Judge is the president of the District Forum and a member of the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal and Lok Adalat also.