This is a list of chief justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay. It was in existence from 1824 to 1862, when the Bombay High Court was founded. The role of the judges of the court was to defend, on behalf of the British Crown, the interests of the people of Bombay against the East India Company.[1]
The Supreme Court was preceded by the Recorder's Court, established in 1798.[2]
Recorders of Bombay
Chief justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay
See also
Notes
- ^ Berg, Maxine L. "West, Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29079. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b c d J. HIGGINBOTHAM (1862). The Bombay Miscellany. p. 640. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ The Asiatic annual register, or: View of the history of Hindustan ..., Volume 1
- ^ a b c d Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 31
- ^ a b c d e f g Joseph Haydn (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Lists of the Official Personages of the British Empire. Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans. p. 272. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
