District and Sessions Court, Yupia, Papum Pare District

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

The District and Sessions Court, Papum Pare is located at its headquarter at Yupia. It is presided over by a district and sessions judge which looks over the civil and criminal matters at a district level. It is about 22 Km away from the State's Capital, Itanagar. Papum Pare district was created in the year 1992 by bifurcating Lower Subansiri District with its Headquarter at Yupia vide Govt. Notification No.GA(B)36/89 Dated 21st September, 1992. From the year 1992 to 2000, the temporary Headquarter of the District was at Itanagar. Later during the year 2000, the District Headquarter shifted from Itanagar to its permanent District Headquarter at Yupia after completion of office buildings and residential accommodations. The total population of the district including Capital Complex is 1,76,573 as per the population Census -2011.

Papum Pare District is situated in the North Eastern part of Arunachal Pradesh. Its mainland extended between 26°55′ and 28°40′ North latitude and 92°40′ and 94°21′ East longitudes. The district is bounded by Kra Daadi district in the north, Lower Subansiri district in the east, East Kameng district in the west and state of Assam in the south. The district headquarter is located at Yupia.[...]