Judicial Reforms under British

Judicial reforms by Warren Hastings

  1. Before dual administration in Bengal, the justice system was king-centric as the nawab was the chief administrator of justice.
  2. Warren Hastings decided to reform the corrupt system. Each district was provided with a civil court under the Collector and a criminal court under an Indian Judge.
  3. To hear appeals from the district courts two appellate courts, one for civil cases and another for criminal cases, were established at Calcutta.
  4. The highest civil court of appeal was called Sadar Diwani Adalat, which was to be presided over by the Governor and two judges recruited from ....

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