District Court Uttarakannada

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

HISTORY OF UTTARKANNADA DISTRICT:

KARWAR Town is a British creation, and, its history in replete with events and institutions having a ting of British patterns. The legal system of the District still carries with it the old ambivalence and ambiance. Our existing court halls, the facades of the buildings, the old recording system all carry this trait.   The judiciary in Uttara Kannada and the legal fraternity in this District has evolved through 3 different systems prevalent in this region over a period of last 400 years. This District which was initially developed by the British Administration as a forest estate carrying the beauty and burdens associated with the growth of the District as a forest based geographical entity, with a forest coverage of 85% of the area going under the high, reserved and minor forests. The checkered history of its economical development has affected the real legal administration and the status, at least financial one, of the members of the Bar in the District. It is a matter of credit that by general verdict the Bar in the District is found relatively more studious and even intelligent; in spite of unfavourable fortune’s graces upon this profession.