District And Sessions Court

The District Courts and other Subordinate Courts of Thiruvananthapuram City are housed in the Court complex at Vanchiyoor which is an impressive and English-Gothic designed building constructed by His Highness Sree Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma. The District Judiciary of the district consist of one Principal District and Sessions Court, eight Addl. District and Sessions Courts, six Subordinate Judges/Asst. Sessions Courts, three Motor Accident Claims Tribunals and four Addl. MACTs, three Family Courts, a Co-Operative Tribunal, a Tribunal for Local Self Government Institutions, an Enquiry Commission and a Special Judge under the Prevention of Corruption Act, one special court (CBI), one Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, one Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, fifteen Judicial Fist Class Magistrate Courts, nine Munsiff's Courts, one Rent Control Court and one Gram Nyayalaya. These courts are spread over at Thiruvananthapuram, Neyyattinkara, Nedumangadu, Attingal, Varkala, Kattakkada and Parassala.