Courts of India : Past to Present
by Supreme Court of India.
- India : Publication Div. Govt. of India, 2016.
- 512 p.
Table of Contents : Introduction Chapter 1. The beginnings : indigenous judicial structures Chapter 2. The colonial conquests: the first courts (1500-1700) Chapter 3. The chapter trinity: the courts of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras (1726-1860) Chapter 4. The foundations: the colonial high courts (1861-1950) Chapter 5. the king-in-council, privy council & federal Court (1726-1950) Chapter 6. The new judicial order: the supreme court of India & the high courts Chapter 7. the conscience-keeper of independence India: the supreme court of India Chapter 8. The guardians of justice: high courts under the constitution Chapter 9. Famous trials : cases that made history Chapter 10. Ecosystem of justice: court hierarchies, administration and the legal profession Bibliography Index