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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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 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 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 ⓘ
Chief Court of Oudh (later merged with Allahabad High Court) ⓘ
Lahore High Court ⓘ
Madras High Court ⓘ
Nagpur High Court ⓘ
Patna High Court ⓘ
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 Indian High Courts Act 1861 ⓘ
oversaw application of personal laws of different religious communities ⓘ
replaced Sadr Diwani Adalats ⓘ
linked to: Sadr Adalat

Sadr Nizamat Adalats ⓘ
linked to: Sadr Adalat

Supreme Courts in Presidency towns ⓘ
subjectTo 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 ⓘ
Patrick Spens → partOf → British Indian judiciary ⓘ
linked to: High Courts in British India
Patrick Spens → employer → Judiciary of British India ⓘ
linked to: High Courts in British India
Judiciary of Bangladesh → predecessor → Judiciary of British India ⓘ
linked to: High Courts in British India
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 → appliedIn → High Courts in British India ⓘ