History

Ramban is one of the 20 districts in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Ramban is located in the lap of Pir Panjal range of the mighty Himalayas. It was carved-out out of erstwhile Doda District keeping in view the backwardness, remoteness and aspiration of people of the area. District Ramban started functioning as independent unit on April 1, 2007. Ramban town is the district headquarters. The town is located midway between Jammu and Srinagar along the Chenab river, on National Highway-44, (originally National Highway 1A (India)) approximately 150 km from Jammu and Srinagar.

On October 1981 Additional District Court was established at Ramban. The foundation stone of the existing Court Complex was laid by Hon’ble Dr. A S Anand, the then Chief Justice of J & K and later was inaugurated by Mr. Justice R P Sethi on 09.10.1993. A total no. of 18 Additional District Judge were appointed in this court till March 2008. The first Additional District Judge appointed at Ramban was Mr. G L Raina. The court was upgraded to Principal District & Sessions Court Ramban vide Govt. Order No. 1213-LD(A) of 2008, dated 31.03.2008.