Skip to main content

History of the Calcutta High court

 About

The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It has jurisdiction over the

State of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The

High Court building''s design is based on the Cloth Hall, Ypres, in Belgium. The court

has a sanctioned judge strength of 72.

History

The Calcutta high Court is one of the three High Courts in India established at the

Presidency Towns by Letters patent granted by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, bearing

date June 26, 1862, and is the oldest High Court in India. It was established as the High

Court of Judicature at Fort William on July 1, 1862 under the High Courts Act, 1861,

which was preceded by the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William. Despite the

name of the city having officially changed from Calcutta to Kolkata in 2001, the Court,

as an institution retained the old name. The bill to rename it as Kolkata High Court was

approved by the Cabinet on July 5, 2016 alongside renaming of its two other

counterparts in Chennai and Mumbai However, the High Court still retains the old name.

Principal seat and benches

The seat of the Calcutta High Court is at Kolkata, capital of West Bengal. As per the

Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act, 1953, the Calcutta High Court''s

jurisdiction was extended to cover Chandernagore (now called Chandannagar) and the

Andaman and Nicobar Islands as of 2 May 1950. The Calcutta High Court extended its

Circuit Bench in Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and in

Jalpaiguri, the headquarter of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal.

Chief Justice

Barnes Peacock was the first Chief Justice of the High Court. He assumed the charge

when the court was founded on 1 July 1862. Romesh Chandra Mitter was the first

Indian officiating Chief Justice and Phani Bhushan Chakravartti was the first Indian

permanent Chief Justice of the court. The longest serving Chief Justice was Sankar

Prasad Mitra.

The building

The neo-Gothic High Court building was constructed in 1872, ten years after the

establishment of the court itself. The design, by then government architect Walter

Granville, was loosely modelled on the 13th-century Cloth Hall at Ypres, Belgium.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Empowering Businesses: Virtual Corporate Law Services

  Empowering Businesses: Virtual Corporate Law Services In the dynamic world of business, legal support is crucial to ensure smooth operations, mitigate risks, and navigate regulatory landscapes. Lexis and Company offers Virtual Corporate Law Services to businesses in the UK, USA, Canada, Singapore, Dubai, and Australia , assisting with mergers, acquisitions, business contracts, compliance, and corporate governance. Key Features of Virtual Corporate Law Services 1. Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Legal Support We provide comprehensive legal services for mergers and acquisitions , including due diligence, structuring deals, drafting agreements, and navigating regulatory approvals. Benefits: Ensures smooth and legally sound M&A transactions. Minimizes risks during corporate restructuring. Protects your business interests in high-value deals. Trending Hashtags: #MergersAndAcquisitions #BusinessDeals #CorporateLaw #LegalSupport #VirtualLegalExperts 2. Business Contracts and Ag...
Post a Comment
Read more

Concept of constitutionalism

  Concept of constitutionalism Who Started Constitutionalism? John Locke - The English Bill of Rights is a foundational constitutional document that helped inspire the American Bill of Rights. Political theorist  John Locke  played a huge role in cementing the philosophy of constitutionalism.  Constitution is a written law which describes the structure of Government, the rules according to which the Govt. must work and the boundaries within which the Govt. must work. Constitutionalism   can be defined as the doctrine that governs the legitimacy of government action, and it implies something far more important than the idea of legality that requires official conduct to be in accordance with pre-fixed legal rules. Constitution constitution is the document that contains the basic and fundamental law of the nation, setting out the organization of the government and the principles of the society. Basic norm (or law) of the state; System of integration and organi...
Post a Comment
Read more

Nathulal v. State of Madhya Pradesh AIR 1966 SC 43

 Nathulal v. State of Madhya Pradesh AIR 1966 SC 43 CITATION AIR 1966 SC 43 COURT Supreme Court of India JUDGES/CORAM Justice K.S. Shah and Justice R. Bachawat DATE OF JUDGEMENT 22.03.1965 Facts: The facts of the case are as follows: The appellant was a dealer in a food grains at Dhar in Madhya Pradesh prosecuted in the Court of Additional District Magistrate for possessing in stock maunds and 21/4 seers of wheat for the purpose of sale without license. Subsequently appellant was charged for committing an offence under section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. Thereafter the appellant pleaded there was no intention to contravene any provisions of the law and the grains were stored upon filing an application for license and upon believe that it will be issued to him. The appellant further stated that he continued to submit returns on the food grains stored and purchased to the respected authority. Thus, the appellant was acquitted in the Court of Additional District Magistra...
Post a Comment
Read more