History
Lakhimpur district is situated on the North-East
corner of Assam,bounded on the North by Lower Subansiri and Papumpare
districts of Arunachal Pradesh.On the East by Dhemaji district and
Subansiri river.Majuli Sub-division of Jorhat district and the mighty
Brahmaputra stand on the Southern side and Gohpur Sub division of
Sonitpur district is on the Western side of this district. District
of Lakhimpur has the distinction of one of the few districts of
Assam,where Administration of Justice was initiated by the British
Empire since 1838-1839.At that time,there was no any local learned
counsel to conduct cases,and the British Rulers had picked up some
persons,who knew English and appointed them as defence counsels.Gradually,the
said persons practiced in Civil Cases also.In North Lakhimpur,Lt.Muktinath
Chakraborty was appointed as defence counsel in the year 1897.Later
on,in the year 1899,Lt.Aswini Sarkar and in the year 1901,Lt.Kesalal
Sarkar who were Muktiuars,settled here for practice in law. Lt.Phanidhar
Chaliha was the first Munsiff at North Lakhimpur in the year 1898.So,Munsiff
Court was establishment by the British Rulers here way back in the
year 1898 or prior to that. Prior to 2nd Oct.1971,present Lakhimpur
district was the sub-division of the then Lakhimpur district i.e.present
Lakhimpur,Dhemaji and Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts with head
quarter at Dibrugarh and the Sessions Cases were tried at Dibrugarh
and sometimes circuit court was held in the circuit house of Lakhimpur.Prior
to that the British Rulers had make the then Lakhimpur district
i.e.present Lakhimpur,Dibrugarh,Dhemaji,Tinsukia district and then
Sibsagar district i.e.present Sivasagar,Jorhat and Golaghat districts
as upper Assam division and Sessions Cases were tried at Jorhat.
On 2nd October,1971,the District of Lakhimpur was re-organised with
two Sub-divisions,namely Dhemaji and North Lakhimpur being the headquarter.Again
in the year,1980,it was re-organised with two sub-divisions,namely
North Lakhimpur and Dhakuakhana leaving Dhemaji as a separate district.After
separation of the judiciary and the Executive,separate judiciary
was functioning.Lt.K.C.chowdhury was the first ADM(judicial)of Lakhimpur
district from 1.11.1972.After him,Sri Abdul Mazid was the Chief
Judicial Magistrate,Lakhimpur in the year 1974. Court of the District
& Sessions Judge was created in the year 1977 and the then District
& Sessions Judge at Dibrugarh,Sri Nagen Hazarika had taken over
charge as District & Sessions Judge of Lakhimpur also,and later
on,Lt.Purna Saikia joined here as the District & Sessions Judge
on 04.04.1977. From the inception of the Munsiff Court here at North
Lakhimpur in the year,1898,the court of Munsiff was housed in a
building built by the British Empire.Thereafter the Court of SDJM
was created.After up-gradation of Lakhimpur sub-division as a district,courts
of Chief Judicial Magistrate and thereafter court of District &
Sessions Judge and other Courts were gradually established here.There
are 9 nos.of sanctioned Judicial Courts in this district.They are
Court of (1)District & Sessions Judge,(2)Additional District
& Sessions Judge(FTC),(3)Civil Judge & Assistant Sessions
Judge,(4)Chief Judicial Magistrate,(5)Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate,(6)Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate(Sadar),(7) Munsiff
No.1 cum-Judicial Magistrate,1st Class,(8)Munsiff No.2 cum-Judicial
Magistrate,(9)Judicial Magistrate,1st Class.
History of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate
Court, Dhakuakhana.
The Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate Court was
established on 2.4.2002 inaugurated by Hon'ble Chief Justice of
Gauhati High Court Mr R.S.Mongia. The Court of the Sub-Divisional
Judicial Magistrate, Dhakuakhana is functioning in the present location
at the building of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate court
complex, Dhakuakhana.It is about 8km from Dhakuakhana Charali.
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