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The Calcutta High Court is one of the three High Courts in India established at the Presidency Towns by Letters patent granted by Queen Victoria, bearing date 26 June 1862, and is the oldest High Court in India. It was established as the High Court of Judicature at Fort William on 1 July 1862 under the High Courts Act, 1861, which was preceded ...
The Indian High Courts Act 1861 [1] [2] (24 & 25 Vict. c. 104) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to authorize the Crown to create High Courts in the Indian colony. [3] Queen Victoria created the High Courts in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay by Letters Patent in 1862.
Bombay High Court: 14 August 1862: Indian High Courts Act 1861: Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra: Mumbai: Aurangabad, [A] Nagpur, [A] Panaji [A] 94 71 23 Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya: 4 Calcutta High Court: 2 July 1862: Indian High Courts Act 1861: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal: Kolkata: Port Blair [B ...
The Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Calcutta, was founded in 1774 by the Regulating Act of 1773.It replaced the Mayor's Court of Calcutta and was British India's highest court from 1774 until 1862, when the High Court of Calcutta was established by the Indian High Courts Act 1861.
There are 25 High courts in India. The number of total judges sanctioned in these high courts are 1114 of which 840 judges are permanent and remaining 274 sanctioned for additional judges. As of 10 December 2024, 360 of the seats, about 32.3% are vacant. Allahabad High Court, has the largest number (160) of judges while Sikkim High Court has the smallest number (3) of judges. The lists of high ...
In the History of the Brahmo Samaj, Sivanath Sastri writes, "In the month of June 1852, a number of influential men of that suburban town (meaning Bhowanipur) assembled at the house of the late Sambhunath Pandit, latterly a Judge of Calcutta High Court, and established an Association under the name of Jnan Prakasika Sabha, or "Truth Revealing Society", whose object it was to promote the ...
Statue of Romesh Chandra in Calcutta High Court. Sir Romesh Chandra Mitra or Romesh Chunder Mitter (1840–13 July 1899) was an Indian judge and the first Indian officiating Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. Sir Romesh Mitra Girls school was founded in his honour in 1897.
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