High Courts in British India

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The High Courts in British India were the apex colonial judicial institutions that oversaw major civil and criminal cases, shaped legal precedents, and supervised subordinate courts across the provinces.

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High Courts in British India canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial judicial institution
court system
apexCourtFor civil cases in British India
criminal cases in British India
appealsLiedTo Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
surface form: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London
applied Anglo-Indian law
English common law principles
regulations of the Governor-General in Council
statutory law enacted by the British Parliament
composedOf Chief Justice
puisne judges
continuedAs High Courts in independent India
country British India
createdBy High Courts Act 1861
surface form: Indian High Courts Act 1861
existedBefore Supreme Court of India
function court of appeal
court of first instance in serious civil and criminal matters
court of reference and revision
superintendence over subordinate courts
hadHighCourt Allahabad High Court
Bombay High Court
Calcutta High Court
Allahabad High Court
surface form: Chief Court of Oudh (later merged with Allahabad High Court)

Lahore High Court
Madras High Court
Nagpur High Court
Patna High Court
High Court of Yangon
surface form: Rangoon High Court
hadJurisdictionOver Presidency towns
mofussil areas under British administration
hadPower to admit advocates and vakils
to frame rules of practice and procedure
to hear appeals from district courts
to hear appeals from sessions courts
to issue writs and orders
to punish for contempt of court
influenced constitutional jurisprudence in India
development of Indian legal system
judicial precedents in India
judgesAppointedBy British Crown
languageOfRecord English
legalBasis High Courts Act 1861
surface form: Indian High Courts Act 1861
oversaw application of personal laws of different religious communities
replaced Sadr Adalat
surface form: Sadr Diwani Adalats

Sadr Adalat
surface form: Sadr Nizamat Adalats

Supreme Courts in Presidency towns
subjectTo Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
surface form: Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London
supervised subordinate courts in British India
timePeriod British colonial period in India

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British Indian law administeredBy High Courts in British India
Sadr Adalat replacedBy High Courts in British India