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 ....