District Court, Kottayam

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

The District Headquarters of judiciary is set up at Kottayam town with the Principal District Court as it Administrative Centre. The justice delivery system consists of eight Munsiff's Courts, ten Judicial 1st Class Magistrate Courts, three Sub Courts, one Chief Judicial Magistrate Court and five Additional District Courts. Beside these regular courts, three fast track special courts (PoCSO), two Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals, and one special court for Vigilance cases and two Family Courts also function in this district. The Additional District and Sessions Court-III, Kottayam is also the court of the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance). The MACT, Pala is also Additional District & Sessions Court.

Kottayam district was formed in July 1949. The district name literally means the interior of a fort (Kotta-Akam). The district is flanked by Western Ghats on the east and Vembanad lake and Alappuzha district on the west.

The district has a unique place in the history of Kerala. Kottayam is the first town in India to achieve full literacy in 1989. English education started at old seminary in 1813, the first printing press in Kerala, the CMS press was established by Rev. Benjamin Baily in1821 and the first[...]