History

The first appearance of Judicial Structure:
In the heart of this great historical city, the District Court, Budaun is situated, with a glorious past of more than 100 years.
Before the year 1913, the civil jurisdiction of district Budaun was under Shahjahanpur Judgeship, whereas the criminal jurisdiction of district Budaun was under Moradabad Judgeship.
Eminent Educationist and Social Reformer of 19th Century Sir Syed Ahmad Khan also served as Sadar-e-Ala in Budaun.
In the year 1913, Budaun Judgeship was established and the work of Civil and Criminal Cases relating to Budaun, Bisauli, Bilsi, Dataganj, Gunnaur and Sahaswan were takenup at Budaun Judgeship. Mr. L. Marshal, I.C.S. was declared the First District Judge of Budaun Judgeship.
Laying of the formal structure:
Before the year 1960, Sahaswan was under Munsif Budaun and Bisauli was under Budaun (i.e Bisauli was called as Munsif Bisauli at Budaun).
Before 1st April 1974, both the courts of Admj and Jos were running at Budaun.
After year 1974, Admj Court was converted into Chief Judicial Magistrate Court and Jos Court was converted into Judicial Magistrate Court.
Growth of the network of Budaun Judgeship and Structure Today:
In the year 1982, the Dacoitee Affected Area (DAA) Court was set up at Budaun Judgeship.
In the year 1984, the Courts of Essential Commodities (EC Act) and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe were set up at Budaun Judgeship.
In the year 1987, the Outlying Court of Munsif, Sahaswan was set up at Budaun Judgeship.
In the year 1990, the Outlying Court of Munsif, Bisauli was set up at Budaun Judgeship.
In the year 2013, the Family Court was established at Budaun Judgeship.
In the year 2016, the Fast Track Court was set up at Budaun Judgeship.
In the year 2017, Permanent Lok Adalat started working at Budaun Judgeship.
In the month of February 2018, the Munsif Court, Gunnaur of Budaun Judgeship has been merged in Sambhal Judgeship.
In the month of June 2019, the Gram Nyayalaya, Bilsi started working at Budaun Judgeship.
In the month of August 2023, the Outlying Court of Munsif, Dataganj started working at Budaun Judgeship.
Recent Reforms:
Recently Video Conferencing Hall got constructed in the year 2015 wherefrom remand work from District Court end to Jail end is being conducted. A.D.R. centre has also got constructed in the year 2017. Independent Electricity feeder has also been established in Court campus and the campus is being provided uninterrupted power supply since May 2016. Nine Courts Building is under construction.