About Us

‘Natore’ is the word that springs to mind as soon as the name of ‘Banalata Sen’ of   Jibanananda Das or tasty sweet ‘Kacha Golla’ is uttered. Natore District, adjacent to Barindra, the ancient geopolitical area, has been shining in the history of Indian subcontinent as well as in Bengali literature. A chapter of our rich ancient heritage and archeology is connected with this modern city. Natore became one of the centers of power in Bengal from the end of Mughal rule. Specially, during the Nawabi Era, it was widespread. Under the direct supervision of Subedar Murshidkuli Khan (reign: 1701-1727) of Bengal, Barindra Brahmin Raghunandan established a zamindari in the region in the name of his younger brother Ramjivan. In 1710, King Ramjivan Roy built his capital by filling the soil at this place. In course of time it became a well-decorated city with temples, palaces, lakes, gardens and beautiful buildings. The kingdom of Natore reached its peak of prosperity during the reign of Rani Bhavani, wife of King Ramajivan's adopted son named Ramakanta. When Subedar Murshid Quli Khan divided Bengal into 13 chaklas for the convenience of governance, Rani Bhavani's zamindari was spread over 8 chaklas. It was known as Sadar (the headquarters) of Natore in the long 165 years of colonial history of British and Pakistan including fourteen years of  Bangladesh before its getting district headquarters status. Rani Bhavani was pleased with her Nayeb (secretary) Dayaram and gifted him Dighapatia Pargana. The most famous architectural masterpiece of Natore district 'Uttara Ganabhavan' is located at this Dighapatia. During the reign of King Pramadnath, the next descendant of Dayaram, it was elevated to a royal palace following Greek architecture. Over time, this Palace was first transformed into the Governor's House, then Uttara Ganobhaban after the advent of Bangladesh. In 1984, Natore became the district headquarters. With the elevation of Natore to the district headquarters in 1984, while its positional value increased on the one hand, its administrative structure as a district strengthened on the other.

The Court of District and Sessions Judge, Natore was created vide Memorandum No. S.R.O.380-L/84/546-JIV/5C-1/84 issued on 6th August, 1984. On September 1, 1984, Hon'ble Judge Mr. Md. Hamidul Haque took charge as the first District and Sessions Judge. Subsequently the over time, 16 Judges have adorned this post as guardians of the Natore Judiciary. Hon'ble Judge Mr. Md. Shorif Uddin is currently serving as the 17th District and Sessions Judge.

On November 1, 2007, the process of separating the judiciary from the executive started by the result of the landmark judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the case of Masdar Hossain v. Government. In order to implement the order passed on May 7, 2007 in Civil Appeal 79/1999, Contempt Petition No. 7/2004 by the Appellate Division of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the Judicial Section-4 of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, issued a notification under Memorandum No. 451 dated 13-09-2007 to create 64 Chief Judicial Magistrate Courts in the then 64 districts including Natore. On November 25, 2007, Hon'ble Judge Mr. Mohammad Sharif Uddin first assumed this position. Presently, the Hon'ble Judge, Mr. Md. Anwarul Haque is very efficiently serving as the sixth Chief Judicial Magistrate of Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Natore.

Consisting of seven upazilas of Natore Sadar, Singra, Gurdaspur, Baraigram, Lalpur, Bagatipara and Naldanga, this district has separate senior assistant/assistant judge courts for each upazila, but the recently created Naldanga upazila is still under the jurisdiction of Sadar Senior Assistant Judge Court. There is also one Family Court, two Joint District and Sessions Judge Courts, three Additional District and Sessions Judge Courts and one District and Sessions Judge Court. The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court consists of 4 Judicial Magistrate Courts, 3 Senior Judicial Magistrate Courts, an Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court and a Chief Judicial Magistrate Court besides 7 cognizance Courts. There is also a Special tribunal namely Nari-o-shishu Nirjatan Daman Tribunal (Women and Children Abuse Prevention Tribunal). All the Courts of Natore District are always active in upholding the standard of justice.