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Subject: History - Ii Subject Code: HVG Unit - I

The document outlines the course units for a history course covering Indian legal history and development. It is divided into 5 units that will examine: 1) the early administration of justice under British rule in the 1600s-1720s and development of courts; 2) the dual court system and unification in 1861 with the High Courts Act; 3) expanding legislative authority of the East India Company over the 1600s-1800s; 4) political reforms of 1909, 1919, and 1935 that increased representation and autonomy; 5) the development of the legal profession from the 1720s onward and establishment of the Advocates Act of 1961. Students are provided four recommended textbooks to reference for the course.

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Subject: History - Ii Subject Code: HVG Unit - I

The document outlines the course units for a history course covering Indian legal history and development. It is divided into 5 units that will examine: 1) the early administration of justice under British rule in the 1600s-1720s and development of courts; 2) the dual court system and unification in 1861 with the High Courts Act; 3) expanding legislative authority of the East India Company over the 1600s-1800s; 4) political reforms of 1909, 1919, and 1935 that increased representation and autonomy; 5) the development of the legal profession from the 1720s onward and establishment of the Advocates Act of 1961. Students are provided four recommended textbooks to reference for the course.

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SUBJECT : HISTORY -II

SUBJECT CODE : HVG


Unit – I

1. Administration of justice in the Presidency Towns of Madras, Bombay and


Calcutta form 1600 – 1726 and the development of Courts and Judicial
Institutions.
2. Mayor’s Court and the Charter of 1726.
3. Warren Hasting’s Plans of 1772, 1774 and 1780.
4. Supreme Court at Calcutta, its composition, powers and functions – The
Settlement Act of 1781.
5. Judicial measures of Cornwallis 1787, 1790 and 1793.
Unit II

1. Dual System of administration of justice – Amalgamation of the two


systems of courts – The High Courts Act 1861 – Federal Court – High
Court Act under the Constitution.
2. Development of the Rule of Law.
3. Separation of powers and the independence of judiciary.
4. Privy Council as a Court of Appeal and its jurisdiction – Abolition of the
jurisdiction of the Privy Council.
5. History of Law Reporting in India.

Unit – III

1. Legislative authority of the East India Company under the Charters of 1600,
1661 and 1726.
2. Regulating Act, 1773, the Pitts India Act of 1784 – Powers and functions of
the Governor – General and Council.
3. Charter Acts of 1793, 1813, 1833 and 1853.
4. The Government of India Act 1858, The Indian Councils Acts of 1861 and
1892.

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Unit – IV

1. The Minto – Morley Reforms of 1909.


2. The Mont – Ford Reforms of 1919 – Dyarchy – Bicameral legislature –
Powers and functioning of Dyarchy.
3. The Government of India Act 1935 – Federal Assembly and the Council of
States – Provincial Autonomy – Governor – State Legislature – Council of
Ministers in the provinces and their powers and functions.

Unit – V

1. Development of Legal Profession till 1724 – Legal profession under the


Supreme Court – Provision for enrolment of advocates under the Legal
Practitioners Act – Provision for enrolment of the Advocates Courts Act
1861.
2. Bar Committee of 1923 and Bar Council of 1926 – The Committee, 1951.
3. The Advocates Act 1961, The All India Bar Council and State Provisions
relating to enrolment - Maintenance of discipline.
4. Development of Legal Education.

Books for Study:

1. M.P.Jain, Outlines of Indian Legal History.


2. V.D.Kulshreshtha, Landmarks in Indian Legal and Constitution.
3. V.D.Mahajan, Constitutional History of India.
4. M.Rama Jois, The Constitutional History of India.

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