District Court

History / information about District and District Court :

[1]. Geographical Location :- District-Dhule (A) :- I} To the North Nandurbar District To the South- District. To the East - Jalgaon District. To the West - Gujarat State II} Climate - Generally dry

[2]. Judicial History :

District Court Dhule had been established in the year 1860 by the British Government. Before establishing District Court at Dhule Aurthor St. Gorge Richardson was looking after Judicial work of this reagion. Hon'ble Justice Shri. Mahadev Govind Ranadealso worked as Assistant Judge at Dhule from 1880 to 1881. Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar also visited the District Court. District Dhule was previously known as district. In ancient times, it was known as Rasika. Later, under the Yadavas, it was called as Senuadesa after the name of King Senuachandra who ruled over it. With the advent of Muslims, the name was changed to Khandesh to suit the title Khan given to the Faruqi Kings. The entire area of Khandesh included two district viz. Dhule and Jalgaon and some part of Nashik District. Its headquarters was at Dhule. However, in 1906 for administrative purpose, the Khandesh was divided into two districts known as West Khandesh and East Khandesh. Dhule , Nandurbar , Nawapur Peta , Pimpalner , Shahada , , Taloda, were included in West Khandesh district with headquarters at Dhule. With the reorgnisation of States in 1956, West Khandesh has been included in Bombay State and subsequently i.e, in 1960 it has become a part of State. In 1961 the name of the district was changed from West Khandesh to Dhulia and later on to Dhule district with Dhule as its headquarters. : 2 : Thereafter, the Dhule District has been divided on 1st July, 1998, in two New Districts i.e. Dhule & Nandurbar. The newly created Revenue District Nandurbar (having its headquarters at Nandurbar) consists of Nandurbar, Shahada, Nawapur, Akkalkuwa, Taloda and Akrani (Dhadgaon) talukas. Thereafter Nandurbar Judicial District has been separated from Dhule Judicial District from 31-10-2013. At present in Dhule Judicial District there are Courts of Civil Judge Junior Division and Judicial Magistrate First Class at Sakri, Shindkheda, Shirpur and Dondaicha. At Dhule Headquarters there are District and Sessions Court, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Courts of Civil Judge Senior Division, and Chief Judicial Magistrate as well as Judicial Magistrate First Class. Besides the aofresaid Courts at Dhule Headquarters, the other three Courts i.e., :- one Labour Court, one Industrial Court and one Assistant Charity Commissioner are also functioning at Dhule [3] Important Historical Case/Cases : The trial of Shrish kumar Mehata's case held at Dhule. [4] Number of Courts including Taluka Courts :

Sessions Appellate Courts / Other Courts No. of Courts Division DHULE Appellate Courts Other Courts. Courts of Principal District Judge, 01 Dhule Court of District Judge-1, Dhule 01 Court of District Judge-2, Dhule 01 Court of District Judge-3, Dhule 01 Court of District Judge-4, Dhule 01 Court of District Judge-5, Dhule 01 Court of Ad-hoc District Judge-1, 01 Dhule Court of Ad-hoc District Judge-2, 01 Dhule Court of Civil Judge, S.D., at 03 Dhule Court of Chief Judicial 01 Magistrate, Dhule Civil Judges/ Jt. Civil Judges 07 J.D. & J.M.F.C. At Dhule Civil Judges/ Jt. Civil Judges J.D. & J.M.F.C. At Taluka Shirpur 03 Shindkheda 01 Dondaicha 01 Sakri 02 : 3 :

Special Courts functioning : Nil

However, District Judge-1 at Dhule, is appointed as Special Judges to try and dispose of the cases under Prevention of Corruption Act , District Judge -3 is appointed as Special Judge to try and dispose the cases of Attrocities on Women.

Judges/Magistrates holding Special Assignment etc : Nil.

However, District Judge-1 and Additional Sessions Judge, Dhule (Shri.R.R.Kadam ) has been assigned the Special Cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the cases arising from the Misappropriation relating to Dhule Zilla Parishad (Bhaskar Wagh Cases). District Judge-3 and Additional Sessions Judge, Dhule (Smt. P.P. Karnik) has been assigned the Cases of Attrocities on Women and relating to their sexual harrassment. [5] Name of First District Judge :

Hon'ble Shri. R.S. Tipnis District Judge, West Khandesh (1906)

Present Hon'ble Guardian Judge : Hon'ble Justice Shri. N.W. Sambre , Judge, High Court of Judicature at Bombay Bench at Aurangabad.

Present Principal District Judge.: Shri. Bhalchandra Daulatrao Kapadnis Principal District Judge, Dhule from 21 th Augut, 2013.

[6] Other relevant important information :

1. Following Important Persons were in the District Prison at Dhule 1. Shri.Sane Guruji Freedom Fighter (In the years 1932,1940 & 1942)

2. Shri.Acharya Vinoba Bhave (from 18/01/1932 to 14/07/1932) Geetai is written in Dhule District Prison.

3. Karmveer Shri.Dadasaheb Gaikwad (from 19/04/1932 to 15/06/1932)

4. Shri.Jamnalal Bajaj Political Senani (from 14/03/1932 to 24/11/1932) : 4 : 5. Railway Facility

[A] Nearest Railway Stations and Railway Connections available in Dhule Districts

i ] Dhule :- On Central Railway ii] Naradana : On Western Railway (31 Km from Dhule) Dhule- Chalisgaon Passanger Train runs Four times daily. One Three Tier Bogie and One AC Bogie are attached to Dadar-Amrutsar Express for Bombay from Chalisgaon. Other Trains for Bombay, Pune, Nagpur and all over via Chalisgaon, Manmad, Jalgaon and Bhusawal are available.

[B] Other Railway Stations in Dhule Districts On Surat-Bhusawal Western Railway Track : Naradana - Shindkheda - Betawad - Dondaicha - - Nandurbar - Khandbara - Chinchpada – Nawapur

7. Road Facility :-

1. Bombay- Agra Road (National High Way) via Malegaon-Dhule-Shirpur-Sendhva(M.P)

2. Surat-Nagpur Road (National High Way) via Nawapur-Sakri-Dhule-Parola-Jalgaon -Akola-Amaravati.

3. Ankleshwar- Solapur Road via Taloda-Shahada-Dhule- Chalisgaon-Aurangabad-Beed-Osmanabad

4. Ankleshwar (Gujarat) -Barhanpur (M.P.) Road via Nanurbar - Shirpur- Chopada etc.

8. Educational Facility :- 1. Two Law Collages at Dhule 2. Bhausaheb Hire Govt. Medical Collage, Dhule 3. Government Polytechnic Collage at Dhule 4. Government Agriculaural Collage at Dhule 4. Dental Collage at Dhule. 5. A.C.P. Foundation's Medical Collage at Dhule 6. Arts Science and Commerce Collages 7. Industrial Training Institutes at Dhule, 8. Pharmacy Collages at Dhule & Shirpur 9. Engineering Collages at Dhule 10. Two Private Ayurvedic Medical Collages at Dhule 11. Government Ayurvedic Medical at Boradi (Shirpur)

: 5 : [9] List of the District Judges who worked as District Judge in Dhule District and elevated as the Hon'ble Judges of the Bombay High Court

Sr.No. Name of the Hon'ble District Judges 01 Hon'ble Shri Justice B.C. Gadgil as he then was. 02 Hon'ble Shri Justice D.J.Moharir as he then was. 03 Hon'ble Shri Justice K. N. Patil as he then was. 04 Hon'ble Shri Justice S. D. Pandit as he then was. 05 Hon'ble Shri Justice V. K. Barde as he then was 06 Hon'ble Shri Justice P. V. Kakde as he then was. 07 Hon'ble Shri Justice K. J. Rohee as he then was 08 Hon'ble Shri Justice S. G. Mahajan as he then was 09 Hon'ble Shri Justice P. R. Borkar as he then was 10 Hon'ble Shri Justice M. T. Joshi

[10] List of Hon'ble High Court Judges who have been elevated from Bar 1. Hon'ble Shri. Justice V. S. Kotwal

[11] List of the Hon'ble High Court Judges who practiced in District 1. Hon'ble Shri Justice P.S. Bhramhe as he then was. 2. Hon'ble Shri Justice I.G. Shah as he then was 3. Hon'ble Shri Justice S.K. Shah as he then was 4. Hon'ble Justice Shri. P.R.Bora

[12] List of the District Judges who practised in District 1. Shri. K.N.Wani 2. Shri. P. S. Paranjape 3. Shri. S.P. Kulkarni 4. Shri. S. N. Saundankar

[ 13 ] List of the other Judges who practised in the District 01 Shri. Y. P. Tawar 11 Shri. Premkumar P. Sharma 02 Shri. Y. D. Shinde 12 Sau. Manju Shahurao Dube Patil 03 Shri. S. C. Magare 13 Shri. A. P. Raghuwanshi 04 Shri. D.S.Bhamare 14 Kum. Sunayana Dilip Vibhandik 05 Shri. K. L. Vyas 15 Shri. Shailesh S. Bafana 06 Shri. S. N. Maind 16 Shri. Satish Patil 07 Shri. S. D. Vasave 17 Kum. Mrudula Kochar 08 Sau. Smita Kulkarni 18 Shri. Kunal Nahar 09 Sau. Pushpa S. Sapkal 19 Shri. S.P. Deore 10 Sau. Chaya V. Patil 20 Shri. Nikam