Till the disturbances of 1947, the court of District and Sessions Judge, Bathinda was stated to be held in 'Qila Mubarak' and when in 1947, the charge of 'Qila Mubarik' was taken by the Military, the court of District and Sessions Judge, Bathinda, was shifted to the 'Muslim High School' and remained there upto the year 1954, when it was shifted to Civil Station, old Court Complex and at that time Shri Kulbhushan was the District and Sessions Judge, Bathinda. The Naib Nazim Diwani was under the control of District and Sessions Judge while Naib Nazim Faujdari was under the control of Nazim (now designated as Deputy Commissioner). In Patiala State, the Courts were of Naib Nazim Faujdari and Naib Nazim Diwani. In that year 'Raja Shiv Dayal Singh' was District and Sessions Judge, Patiala and 'Shri Kartar Singh Sandhu' was District and Sessions Judge, at Bathinda. District and Sessions Judge, Sunam used to visit Narnaul District quarterly for some days. at Patiala, Sunam and Barnala, but the Headquarters of District and Sessions Judge, Barnala, was at Bathinda. Earlier in the year 1943, the state of Patiala was stated to have three posts of District and Sessions Judges viz.
