British Settlement at Calcutta
British Settlement at Calcutta
British Settlement at Calcutta
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
(1690-1727)
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1690 On 24 August 1690
Job Charnock with
• Company Agent 30 Soldiers landed
• Founder of Calcutta ⬇️
Sutanuti
The name came into being when Job Charnock asked a farmer the
name of the area around Hooghly River.
Some say the city’s name derives from the location of its original
settlement on the bank of a canal (khal).
From
⬇️
Grandson of Aurangzeb
⬇️
Prince Azimushanshan :- He was the subedar
of Bengal at that time
Moghul king never paid any attention to judicial system that time nothing was organised
Zamindar Court
• Collector Empowered to
• Collect Revenue
• Decide Civil, Criminal
• Revenue cases
Collector:- Maintained Criminal Court
⬇️
For Administration of Criminal Justice
Collector:- tried Petty • Trial held in court without use of jury
crime • Punishment awarded by this court
1. Whipping
Governor and Council:- 2. Imprisonment
Criminal
tried serious offences cases
3. Fine
Work on road
there was no separation between the executive and the Judiciary and the executive overriding power to
appoint or remove the judges
Though by the end of 17th century and effort was made to induct a person well versed in law as the judge
advocate in Madras and Bombay
British settlement at Calcutta