Civil, Police and Judicial Reforms under British
Judicial Reforms under British
Judicial reforms by Warren Hastings
- Before dual administration in Bengal, the justice system was king-centric as the nawab was the chief administrator of justice.
- 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.
- To hear appeals from the district courts two appellate courts, one for civil cases and another for criminal cases, were established at Calcutta.
- The highest civil court of appeal was called Sadar Diwani Adalat, which was to be presided over by the Governor and ....
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