Glimpses of The Justice System of Presidency Towns (1687-1973)

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The three urban glomerations now known as Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata were, since the advent of the British there, designated by them as Presidency Towns after their initial status as Factories. The saga of these judicial institutions dispensing justice in these three cities up to 1973 is delineated in brief in this book. About Author : Mrinmaya Choudhari had a variegated career. After war service during world war ii, he was for some time a stependiary Magistrate in the forties of the last century and spent decades in prison administration in the state of Bihar where he officiated as the Inspector General of Prisons, which post was encadered in the Indian Administrative Service after the British left. He happens to be the first officer to start, in June 1961, the Central Bureau of Correctional Services, New Delhi of the Government of India, which institution became the National Institute of Social Defence.Mina Choudhari took her Homours degree in Philosophy form the pre-independence University of Calcutta. Her furthur studies were in the Patna University and the Bihar University whereform she took her M.A in Bengali in 1954 standing fitst therein. Contents : PrefacePresidency Towns Of IndiaEarly System Of The Presidency TownsGrowth Of Justice System In The Presidency Town Of ChennaiGrowth Of Justice System In The Presidency Town Of MumbaiGrowth Of Justice System In KolkataBibliographyIndex