Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (historically)

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apex court colonial court superior court of record

The Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William was the British colonial apex court established in late 18th-century Calcutta to administer English law in the Bengal region of India.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William 3
High Court of Judicature at Fort William 1
Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (historically) canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf apex court ⓘ
colonial court ⓘ
superior court of record ⓘ
appliedLaw English law ⓘ
common law of England ⓘ
equity ⓘ
statute law of England ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
dateEstablished 1774 ⓘ
dissolved 1862 ⓘ
endTime 1862 ⓘ
establishedBy George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: King George III

Royal Charter of 1774 ⓘ
firstChiefJustice Sir Elijah Impey ⓘ
function administration of justice in Bengal Presidency ⓘ
exercise of original jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters ⓘ
supervisory jurisdiction over inferior courts in Calcutta ⓘ
hadChiefJudgeTitle Chief Justice ⓘ
hadNumberOfJudges 4 ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
inception 1774 ⓘ
jurisdiction Bengal Presidency ⓘ
British subjects in Bengal ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
servants of the East India Company in Bengal ⓘ
languageOfCourt English ⓘ
legacy influenced development of Anglo-Indian jurisprudence ⓘ
precursor of the Calcutta High Court ⓘ
locatedIn Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Bengal ⓘ
surface form: Bengal region

British Empire ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
Fort William, Kolkata ⓘ
surface form: Fort William, Calcutta

India ⓘ
mergedInto Calcutta High Court ⓘ
partOf British colonial judicial system in India ⓘ
legal system of the Bengal Presidency ⓘ
replaced Court of Requests at Calcutta ⓘ
Calcutta High Court ⓘ
surface form: Mayor's Court of Calcutta
replacedBy Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (historically) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: High Court of Judicature at Fort William
significantEvent conflict with the Supreme Council of Bengal ⓘ
jurisdictional disputes with the East India Company administration ⓘ
startTime 1774 ⓘ
typeOfCourt admiralty court ⓘ
civil court ⓘ
criminal court ⓘ
ecclesiastical court ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Bengal Presidency → highestCourt → Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (historically) ⓘ
Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (historically) → replacedBy → Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (historically) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William
this entity surface form: High Court of Judicature at Fort William
Calcutta High Court → precededBy → Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William
Regulating Act 1773 → establishedCourt → Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William
High Courts Act 1861 → replacedInstitution → Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal
Presidency of Fort William in Bengal → judicialSystem → Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William