Meghalaya, West Jaintia Hills District and Session Courts

District Court Complex Jowai

——–CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE,JOWAI——–
Chief Judicial Magistrate
Judicial Magistrate
Judicial Magistrate
——–DEPUTY COMMISSIONER Judicial,JOWAI——–
Asst to Deputy Commissioner/Civil Judge
Asst to Deputy Commissioner/Civil Judge
——–DISTRICT SESSIONS COURT,JOWAI——–
District and Sessions Judge
——–West Jaintia Hills District Court, Jowai——–
Principal Magistrate,JJB
——–MOTOR ACCIDENT CLAIM TRIBUNAL,JOWAI——–
Member, MACT
——–SPECIAL POCSO COURT, JOWAI——–
——–SPECIAL COURT NDPS, JOWAI——–
——–SPECIAL COURT PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ,JOWAI——–
——–SPECIAL COURT LAND ACQUISITION, JOWAI——–
Special Judicial Officer
——–Consumer Forun Jowai——–
President/Presiding Officer

Jurisdiction

The courts of the District Judge, Munsiff and others try civil cases arising from the entire area of the West Jaintia Hills District (including Amlarem sub-division).
In criminal matters, the courts of the Chief Judicial Magistrate and other Judicial Magistrates try criminal cases arising from the entire area of the West Jaintia Hills District (including Amlarem sub-division).
In respect of cases both civil and criminal arising between the tribals, these cases are tried by the District Council Courts, Jowai