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The Supreme Court at Bombay and Madras was established by a charter of 1753. The powers of the Recorder Court were transferred to the Supreme Court and exercised the same jurisdiction and same restrictions as the Supreme Court. Recorder’s Court | Supreme Court at Bombay and Madras The Recorder Court consisted of A mayor, 3…
Reforms of 1781,On September 29, 1780, Warren Hastings appointed Impey to superintend his duties as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, as well as to superintend the office of the Sadar Diwani Adalat, in order to reduce the separation between the Supreme Court and the Company’s judicial system. The reforms introduced under a number of…
Judicial Plan of 1780,Warren Hastings knew that the judicial plan of 1774 was not correct, and when Warren Hastings had a chance again, he changed the judicial plan of 1774. The new plan was introduced in 1780. The main feature of the Hastings Judicial Plan of 1780 was the separation of judicial work from revenue…
Supreme Court at Calcutta Under the Charter of 1774, On March 26, 1774, the Charter was granted for the establishment of the Supreme Court in Calcutta by King George III.The Supreme Court was established on 22nd October, 1774, and It started functioning in January, 1775. This is the first attempt to create a separate and…
The Act of settlement 1781 was an amendment act of 1773 which was passed by the British Parliament on 5 July 1781 to remove the defects of the Regulation Act 1773. It is also known as the Declarative Act, 1781. Touchet committee | Act of settlement 1781 In the year of 1777 a complaint was…
Adalat System, By the middle of the 18th century, the company maintained its dominance in only three Presidency Towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.As time passed, the company Expanded its political activities and brought new areas around Presidency Town under its control.This area came to be known as ‘Mofussil’. Administrative system in Mofussil and Adalat…
