District Court Leh

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

The District Court Complex was established at Leh(Ladakh) on December, 1978. District Court Complex Leh is located in the main town of Leh. There are Three courts i.e Principal District Sessions Court , Chief Judicial Magistrate Court & Special Mobile Magistrate. One Munsiff Court is located at Nubra Which is about having distance of 125 Kilometers from District court complex Leh & Second Munsiff Court is located at Khaltsi which is about having distance of 95 Kilometers from District Court Complex Leh.

Leh (Ladakh) was known in the past by different names. It was called Maryul or low land by some Kha- chumpa by others. Fa-Hein referred to it as Kia-Chha and Hiuen Tsang as Ma-Lo-Pho.It is said that the first Immigrants to this land appears to have been the Brokpas from Dadarstan who inhabited the lower reaches of the Indus Valley popularly known as Sham. Another wave of Immigrants who came from karja (Kulu) were the Mons an Aryan type who first settled in Gya and spread to Rong, Shayok, Sakti Tangtse and Durbuk, the area extending from Martselang to Khaltsi. Gia was the seat of government of the first Mon ruler having been elected by the whole[...]