The first commercial court of the Kumaon division has been inaugurated in Haldwani. With the establishment of the court, the people and advocates of Kumaon will no longer have to come to Dehradun for commercial matters. Governor GurmIt Singh, on the recommendation of Uttarakhand High Court, has appointed the first Additional District and Sessions Judge of Haldwani, Kanwar Amarinder Singh, as Additional District Judge of the Commercial Court, Haldwani, in addition to his current responsibility, for this first commercial court of Kumaon division.