Minor-I Paper-II (History): Legal History of India
Dibrugarh University · LL.B. Semester 2 · B.A.,LL.B.: 2.3
Unit 1 — Introduction
1.1 Beginning of East India Company in India 1.1.1 Charter of 1600 · 1.2 Administration of Justice in (1639-1726), Madras · 1.3 Administration of Justice in Bombay (1661 – 1726) · 1.4 Administration of Justice in Calcutta (1690 – 1726) · 1.5 Charter of 1726 1.5.1 Mayor Courts 1.5.2 Courts of the Indians
Unit 2 — Adalat System
2.1 Beginning of the Adalat System 2.1.1 Judicial Plan of 1772 · 2.2 Regulating Act 1773 2.2.1 Provisions and Merits and Demerits of the Regulating Act 2.2.2 Judicial Plan of 1774 · 2.3 Three Historic Cases 2.3.1Trial of Nanda Kumar 2.3.2 Patna case 2.3.3 Cossijurah case · 2.4 Act of Settlement 1781 2.4.1 Supreme Court at Madras, Bombay and Calcutta
Unit 3 — Changes in Judicial System
3.1 Judicial Measures of Lord Cornwallis 3.1.1 Scheme of Civil Judiciary 1790 3.1.2 Criminal Judicial Reforms 1790 3.1.3 Civil and Criminal Judicial Reforms of 1793 · 3.2 Judicial Reforms of Lord William Bentinck · 3.3 Charter Act of 1833 3.3.1 First Law Commission
Unit 4 — Establishment of High Courts
4.1 The Indian High Court Act 1861 · 4.2 Composition and Jurisdiction of High Court · 4.3 Prerogative writs in India
Unit 5 — Growth of Legal Profession
5.1 The Legal Practitioners Act 1879 · 5.2 The Indian Bar Council Act 1926 · 5.3 The Advocates Act 1961