The judgeship of Cuttack started functioning in 1936. It covered a huge area encompassing the Revenue Districts of Cuttack, Balasore, and Puri as well as the Princely State of Dhenkanal. Subsequently, Puri and Balasore had their separate judgeships and therefore, Cuttack judgeship was confined to the Revenue District of Cuttack and Dhenkanal till 1977, when the judgeship of Dhenkanal was separated. The then judgeship of Cuttack extended to the Revenue Districts of Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jajpur, and Jagatsinghpur from the year 1977. On 26th and 28th June, 2012, Kendrapara and Jajpur became separate judgeships respectively. Today, Cuttack is the largest judgeship of the State in terms of number of courts with Seventy Seven different functioning courts with outlying stations at Athagarh, Narsinghpur, Baramba, Banki, Salipur, Tigiria, Niali, Mahanga, Nischintakoili and Dampara.The District Court is functioning in the old building comprising old District Court building, Civil Court extension building, and Track Court Building in the District Court Complex. To strengthen security arrangement within the Court premises, a full body scanner (walk-through metal detector) was installed to ensure protection of Judicial Officers, Staffs and litigants. To ensure attendance of the staffs biometric attendance machines was installed in the judgeship. Currency counting machines was installed in Headquarters as well as outlying stations to ensure transparency in financial transactions. During the year 2025, various legal awareness programmes were organized on different topics and significant days were observed by DLSA, Cuttack. Thirty-Three cases were settled in Mediation during the Campaign “Mediation for the Nation”, Drive-I, 2025.