CIVIL COURTS , DHANBAD

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Dhanbad is one the biggest coal belt of our country and is also known as Coal Capital of India. Institution of Number of cases and suits in this Dhanbad Judgeship are highest in the State. Dhanbad is one of the most important Judgeship of this State. As per Dhanbad District Gazetteer ‘1964 the District of Dhanbad was created under Govt. Notification no. A.9911 dated 24th October 1956 and came into existence from 1st of November 1956. Dhanbad was originally a part of Manbhum District which was earlier in Bengal and then came over to Bihar when Bihar was separated from Bengal when H. Coupland , I.C.S. Published the first District Gazetteer for Manbhum in 1911, Dhanbad was only a Subdivision of Manbhum District in Bengal. The Head quarter town was then known as D H A N B A I D . Later when Manbhum was District in Bihar, Dhanbad Subdivision was raised to the status of a sub district and the letter (I ) in the name of the headquarter station was dropped. After reorgination of the states the District of Dhanbad was carved out in 1956 and remained in Bihar while the other portion of Manbhum district like[...]