Judicial Reforms In British India Case Study Of Warren Hasting Era (1772-85)

Abstract

The judiciary in Pakistan has developed to colossal scale and plays an important role in the administration of the nation. But it is not the same always. The paper talks about a brief introduction to the growth of the legal system in British India. When Warren Hasting
became the Governor General of Bengal took, the administration of justice was not too good. This paper offers a view about the various judicial reforms of Warren Hasting. . The paper also offers that even after the reforms, judicial system was not able to obtain the perfection so desired by Hastings but the existence of such a system of judicial administration in itself was commendable and exists even today.