Who among the following was the first Chief Justice of Supreme Court during British India?
Sir Elijah Impey was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Calcutta, set up under the Regulating Act 1773 by the Charter of 1774. Sir…
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Who among the following was the first Chief Justice of Supreme Court during British India?
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Sir Elijah Impey was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Calcutta, set up under the Regulating Act 1773 by the Charter of 1774. Sir Robert Chambers was a puisne judge of that court who became Chief Justice later, Sir John Anstruther was a later Chief Justice, and Justice H.J. Kania was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of independent India in 1950.
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