Development Of Courts And Judicial Institutions Under The East India Company

Question 1

Establishment of courts

Answer 1

. The east india company established it’s own courts to administer justice under the areas it controlled
. Established it’s first court in madras and further expanded to Bihar,orissa and Kolkata
. These courts were introduced to handle commercial disputes between company and it’s employers or traders.
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Question 2

Regulations of charter acts

Answer 2

Further regulated charter acts passed by the British crown
. These charter acts established sadar diwali adalats, muffussil diwani adalats in Bihar, orissa, Kolkata with Muslim principles staffed with Muslim qazis and muftis.

Question 3

Introduction of english law

Answer 3

The supreme court administered english law while indian laws continued to apply indian subjects

Question 4

Expansion of judicial infrastructure

Answer 4

. Overtime , they expanded judicial infrastructure ,establishing magistrate courts,district courts and lower courts to handle a variety of legal matters

Question 5

Adopting local laws

Answer 5

. Due to the confusion caused between english laws and local laws , the British included a few local systems and gave importance to to hindu and Muslim laws along with English laws

Question 6

Powers of judges

Answer 6

. The judges were mainly british, but overtime they appointed indians as judges too.

Question 7

Codification of laws

Answer 7

The British made efforts to codify indian laws leading to creation of codes like indian penal code, code of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure,etc..