The question (13 marks)
It is said that the conflicts between the Supreme Court at Calcutta and the Supreme Council were caused not by the ambition of the judges but by the silences of the statute that created the Court. Evaluate that proposition by tracing the sequence of events from 1773 to 1781. (13 marks)
MU Module I, Regulating Act 1773 and the working of the Supreme Court; pack ch. 01.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 1 · Administration of Justice 1600–1780, the Regulating Act 1773 and the Settlement Act 1781 of History of Courts, Legislature and Legal Profession.
Authorities you will need
- Regulating Act 1773
- Charter of 1774
- Act of Settlement 1781
- Kamaluddin's Case (1775)
- The Patna Case (1777)
- Cossijurah's Case (1779)
- Saroop Chand's Case
- Trial of Raja Nandakumar (1775)
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