Since our earlier discussion earlier here on law related to Special Courts, there are several new special courts have been notified. Here is an updated list of special courts as on date.
Sl. No. | Existing Court | Jurisdiction as Special Court |
(1) | (2) | (3) |
Notification S.O. 1796 (E) dated 18th May 2016 | ||
1 | Courts of Additional Special Judge, Anti-Corruption at Jammu and Srinagar | State of Jammu and Kashmir |
2 | Presiding Officers of Court No’s. 37 and 58 of the City Civil and Sessions Court, Greater Mumbai | State of Maharashtra |
3 | Court of Principal District and Sessions Judge, Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli at Silvassa. | Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |
4 | Court of District Judge-1 and Additional Sessions Judge, Panaji. | State of Goa |
5 | Court of Principal District and Sessions Judge, Ahmedabad (Rural), situated at Mirzapur, Ahmedabad. | State of Gujarat |
6 | 9th Additional Sessions Judge, Gwalior Madhya Pradesh. | State of Madhya Pradesh |
7 | Court of Additional District and Session Judge, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. | Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. |
8 | 2nd Special Court, Calcutta. | State of West Bengal |
Notification S.O. 2554(E) dated 27th July 2016 | ||
9 | Court of Additional Sessions Judge-03, South-West District, Dwarka | National Capital Territory of Delhi |
Notification S.O. 2843(E) dated 1st September 2016 | ||
10 | Sessions Judge, Bilaspur | State of Chhattisgarh |
11 | Court of Special Judge, (Sati Niwaran), Jaipur | State of Rajasthan |
12 | Court of Sessions Judge and 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, S.A.S. Nagar | State of Punjab |
13 | Court of Sessions Judge and 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Gurgaon | State of Haryana |
14 | Court of Sessions Judge and 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, Chandigarh | Union Territory of Chandigarh |
15 | I Additional District and Sessions Court, Coimbatore | Districts of Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Krishnagiri, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Salem and Tiruppur. |
16 | II Additional District and Sessions Court, Puducherry | Union Territory of Puducherry |
17 | Sessions Judge, Imphal East | State of Manipur |
Notification S.O. 3464(E) dated 17th November 2016 | ||
18 | Court of District and Sessions Judge, Shillong. | State of Meghalaya |
Notification S.O. 945(E) dated 23rd March 2017 | ||
19 | Special Court for the trial of Economic Offences cum- VIII Additional Metropolitan Sessions
Judge Court-cum-XXII Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad |
State of Telangana |
20 | Court of IV Additional District Judge-cum-II Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam. | State of Andhra Pradesh |
Notification S.O. 2872(E) dated 31st August 2017 | ||
21 | Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge, Patna | State of Bihar |
Notification S.O.3529 (E) 3rd November 2017 | ||
22 | XV Additional Court, XVI Additional Court of City Civil Court, Chennai | State of Tamil Nadu except for Districts of Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Krishnagiri, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Salem and Tiruppur. |
Notification S.O. 3804(E) dated 4th December 2017 | ||
23 | LIX Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru City | State of Karnataka |
Notification S.O. 528(E) dated 5th February 2018 | ||
24 | Additional District and Sessions Court- VII, Ernakulam | State of Kerala |
25 | District and Sessions Court, Kavaratti | Union territory of Lakshadweep |
26 | District and Sessions Judge, Cuttack | State of Odisha |
27 | Additional District and Sessions Judge, No.1, Kamrup (M), Guwahati | State of Assam |
Notification S.O. 1710(E) dated 23rd April 2018 | ||
28 | 9 th Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kanpur Nagar | State of Uttar Pradesh. |