Courts of India
Subtitle: past to present
By: Supreme Court of India
Contributors: India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Publications Division
Publisher: Publications Division, Government of India; Publication Division
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New Delhi]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9788123022147
Subjects: Courts; History; Administration of Justice
Notes: "PDBN SC-ENG-OP-079-2016-17"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 494-502) and index.
Table of contents: title: The beginnings : indigenous judicial structures; title: The colonial conquests : the first courts (1500-1700); title: The charter trinity : the courts of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras (1726-1860); title: The foundations : the colonial high courts (1861-1950); title: The King-in-Council, Privy Council & Federal Court (1726-1950); title: The new judicial order : the Supreme Court of India & the high courts; title: The conscience-keeper of independent India : the Supreme Court; title: The guardians of justice : high courts under the Constitution; title: Famous trials : cases that made history; title: Ecosystem of justice : court hierarchies, administration and the legal profession.