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During the Reign of East India Company, the court at Hisar came into being around 1832. It was then affiliated to Allahabad High Court. Subsequently, it had a District Court which used to deal with three kinds of cases civil, criminal and revenue. For civil and criminal jurisdiction, the Hisar District court was initially in the Ferozpur Sessions Division, and it was only in 1915 when the Hisar Court was upgraded as a Sessions Division, and the court of District & Sessions Judge was duly located at Hisar. Earlier the jurisdiction of Hisar Sessions Division was far and wide spread which included Fatehabad, Sirsa and Bhiwani Districts. But with the passage of time Sessions Division were setup at Bhiwani, Sirsa and Fatehabad.

However, it is added here that the court of Senior Sub Judge was established probably in 1910. After the separation of judiciary from the executive on 02.10.1964, the Additional District Magistrates were designated as Chief Judicial Magistrates and Shri R.R.Dhir was the first Chief Judicial Magistrate at Hisar, as per record. From the file of Sessions case titled the Crown Versus Ram Karan etc., u/s 302 read with section 149 IPC, decided on 18.10.1924, it is revealed that Shri H.B.Anderson was Sessions Judge at that time.

Earlier this Sessions Division was a part of Sessions Division Hisar. On 17.2.1982 this Division was declared as an independent Sessions Division and Shri Hari Ram was appointed as first District & Sessions Judge, Sirsa.

The new judicial complex was constructed in two phases. Phase-I was inaugurated on 14.10.1982 by Sh.Bhajan Lal, the then Hon'ble Chief Minister of Haryana and Phase-II was inaugurated on 18.4.2001 by Hon'ble Mr.Justice V.M.Jain, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh whereas the building meant for Record Room and Copying Agency was inaugurated on 2.5.2000 by Hon'ble Mr.Justice Mehtab Singh Gill, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh.

Initially at Sub Division Dabwali, Civil Court was created during the year 1965 and Shri Hukum Chand Gupta was posted there as Sub Judge Dabwali. That new court was set up in an old building (make-shift court) which was located in the heart of the town. New Judicial Complex at Sub Division Mandi Dabwali was inaugurated on 15.2.1997 by Hon'ble the then Chief Justice Mr.K.Sreedharan and Hon'ble Mr.Justice Swatantar Kumar, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh.

New Judicial Complex at Sub Division, Ellenabad was inaugurated on 11.12.2010 by Hon'ble Mr.Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh in the presence of Hon'ble Mr.Justice S.K.Mittal, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh, Chairman Building Committee, Haryana, Hon’ble Mr.Justice Alok Singh, Administrative Judge of Sirsa Sessions Division and Shri Bhupender Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana. This complex is located near Bus Stand of the town.

Gram Nyayalaya at Rania has been set up under Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 which is the second such court after Shahbad (Kukukshetra) in Haryana. The said court was inaugurated on 30.03.2013 by Hon’ble Mr.Justice S.K.Mittal, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh, Chairman, Building Committee, Haryana and Hon’ble Mr.Justice S.S.Saron, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh, Chairman, Gram Nyayalaya Committee, Haryana in the presence of Hon’ble Mr.Justice A.G.Masih, Administrative Judge of this Sessions Division, Gram Nyayalaya, Rania has started functioning from 30.03.2013 and Ms.Deepti, Civil Judge (Junior Division), -cum- Judicial Magistrate I Class was the first Judicial Officer posted as Nyayik Adhikari at Gram Nyayalaya, Rania.