History

At the beginning of the 19th century, Narsinghpur District was in the domain of the Maratha Bhonsle Maharajas of Nagpur, and was known as “Gadaria Kheda”. Soon a Ĵat leader occupied the place and built a large temple of Lord Narsingh on it. This led the city to be named Narsinghpur. Later this district was ceded to the British Raj in 1818. Narsinghpur District was part of the Nerbudda (Narmada) Division of the Central Provinces and Berar, which became the state of Madhya Bharat (later Madhya Pradesh) after India’s independence in 1947.
After the establishment of Narsinghpur and Narsinghpur Court, on 1st January 1970 District Judge Shri. R.C. Khare was appointed. Further to mention names Shri. K.K. Verma, Shri. A.G.Qureshi, Shri R.C. Jain, Shri Prakash Mehta, Ku.Prabha Sharma, Shri S.k. Malviya, Shri. G.K. Kulshresht, Shri I.C. Dubey R.C. Upadhyay, Shri K.Shrivastave Shri B.S. Gupta, Shri Ramchandra Joshi, Shri V.K. Shrivastava, Shri N.M. Shrivastava, Shri V.M. Tandon, Ku.Sheela Khanna, Shri C.C Dwivedi, Shri Satishchandra Dubey, Shri. M.P. Sehlam, Shri G.D. Saxena Shri Mukesh Singh, Smt Shipra Sharma, Shri.A.K.Shrivastava was posted as District Judges at Narsinghpur and some are still serving at Hon’ble High Court.
In 2020, New court building was e-inaugurated by Hon’ble Shri Justice Sanjay Yadav, Administrative Judge High Court of M.P and Hon’ble Shri Justice Md. Faheem Anwar, Portfolio Judge High Court of M.P through virtual mode. Court building having fully air conditioned 4 floors.