UNIT 1 Early Developments (1600- 1836)
• Emergence of East India Company
• Administration of Justice in Presidency Towns: Madras, Bombay and Calcutta
• Statutes: Regulating Act, 1773, Pitts India Act, 1784, The Act of Settlement 1781
• Supreme Court of Calcutta and some Landmark cases - Raja Nand Kumar,
Kamaluddin, Patna Case, and Cossijurah
• Judicial Plans: Warren Hastings, Lord Cornwallis and Lord William Bentinck
UNIT 2 Evolution of Law and Legal Institutions
• Development of Civil and Personal Laws in Mofussils: Special emphasis on Justice,
equity and good conscience;
• Codification of Laws: Charter of 1833, The First Law Commission, the Charter of 1853,
The Second Law Commission;
• Establishment of High Courts, 1861;
• Privy Council: Appeals and working, Appraisal of Privy Council
• Federal Court: Under the Government of India Act 1935.
UNIT 3 Constitutional History
• The Indian Councils Act, 1861
• The Indian Councils Act,1892
• The Indian Councils Act, 1909
• The Government of India Act 1919
• The Government of India Act, 1935
UNIT 4 Legal Profession and Education
• Legal Practitioners Act of 1879
• The Chamber and Indian Bar Committer of 1951
• The Advocates Act of 1961
• Law Reporting; Legal Education
- Teacher: Mohit Awasthi