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| − | <h2><span lang="EN-US">Legislation and justice</span></h2>
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| − | <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The laws in force in Bengal consist of (<span class="SpellE">i</span>) Acts of Parliament relating to India ; (2) certain still
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| − | <span class="SpellE">unrepealed</span> Regulations of what was known as the
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| − | Bengal Code, framed by the Executive Govern- <span class="SpellE">iifstice</span>
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| − | <span class="SpellE">nient</span> before the creation of the legislative bodies j
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| − | (3) Acts of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, now constituted under
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| − | the Indian Councils Acts, 1861 and 1892; (4) Regulations for certain backward
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| − | tracts issued by the Government of India under the Statute 33 <span class="SpellE">Vict</span>., c. 3 ; and lastly, (5) Acts of the Bengal
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| − | Legislative Council. <span class="SpellE">Ihe</span> Bengal Council came into
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| − | existence on January 18, 1862, under a proclamation by the Governor-General-in-
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| − | Council which extended the provisions of the Indian Councils Act, </span></p>
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| − | <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Heading2Char"><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span><span class="GramE">186 1, to the Bengal Division of <span>the Presidency of Fort William '.</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"> The Council at first consisted of twelve members and a president,
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| − | the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal; but this number has been raised to twenty
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| − | under the Indian Councils Act, 1892. By regulations made under this Act, it has
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| − | been provided that of the twenty members not more than ten shall be <span class="SpellE"><span class="GramE">otificials</span></span><span class="GramE"> ;</span>
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| − | of the non-official members seven are nominated by the Lieutenant-Governor on
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| − | the recommendation of certain local bodies and associations, and three at his
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| − | own discretion. The financial position of the Government of Bengal is explained
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| − | in Council every year, and is there open to criticism, so far as it concerns
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| − | the branches of revenue and expenditure that are under the control of the Government
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| − | of Bengal. There is also a right of interpellation, which is limited to matters
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| − | under the control of the </span><span class="Heading2Char"><span lang="EN-US">Lieutenant- Governor</span></span><span lang="EN-US">, who may disallow questions which appear to him to be inconsistent
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| − | with the public interest. No resolution can be proposed or division taken in <span class="SpellE">connexion</span> with the financial statement. Among the
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| − | legislative measures enacted since 1880, which specially affect this Province,
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| − | the following deserve <span class="GramE">mention :—</span> Act of the Indian
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| − | Council The Bengal Tenancy Act (VIII of 1S85). Acts of the Bengal Council <span class="GramE">The</span> Bengal Drainage Act (VI of 188o\ The <span class="SpellE">Cess</span>
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| − | Act (IX of 188o). The Bengal Municipal Act (III of 1884V <span class="GramE">The</span>
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| − | Bengal Local Self-Government Act (III of 1885). The Calcutta Port Act (III of
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| − | 1890). The Public Demands Recovery Act (I of 1895). <span class="GramE">The
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| − | Calcutta Municipal Act (III of 1899").</span> In respect of civil justice
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| − | the High Court at Calcutta (more properly designated the High Court of
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| − | Judicature at Fort William in Bengal) is a court of record and equity, and is
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| − | constituted under the Indian High Courts Act, 1861, as the supreme court in
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| − | Bengal, exercising both original (including ecclesiastical, admiralty, and
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| − | bankruptcy) and appellate jurisdiction. Below the High Court are the District
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| − | and Additional Judges, the Small Cause Courts, the Subordinate Judges, who are
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| − | sometimes also appointed to be Assistant Judges, and the <span class="SpellE">Munsifs</span>.
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| − | Of these, the District, Additional, and Assistant Judges also exercise the
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| − | powers of a criminal <span class="GramE">court ;</span> the others are purely
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| − | civil judges, with the exception of a few <span class="SpellE">Munsifs</span> who
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| − | are vested with <span class="SpellE">magis</span>- <span class="SpellE">terial</span>
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| − | powers. The ordinary jurisdiction of a <span class="SpellE">Munsif</span> extends
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| − | to all original suits cognizable by the civil courts in which the value of the
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| − | subject-matter ' As regard<span class="GramE">:;</span> legislation and <span class="SpellE">ihe</span> functions of the Provincial Legislative Councils, see
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| − | Vol. IV, chap. v. </span></p>
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| − | <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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| − | <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span></span></p>
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| − | <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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| − | <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="GramE"><span lang="EN-US">in</span></span><span lang="EN-US"> dispute does not exceed Rs. <span class="SpellE">i,ooo</span>, or, if
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| − | specially extended, Rs. 2,000. The jurisdiction of a </span><span class="Heading2Char"><span lang="EN-US">Subordinate
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| − | Judge</span></span><span lang="EN-US"> or District Judge extends to all original
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| − | suits cognizable by the civil courts. It does not, however, include the powers
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| − | of a Small Cause Court unless these have been specially conferred. Appeals from
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| − | <span class="SpellE">Munsifs</span> lie to the District Judge, or to the
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| − | Subordinate Judge, if the High Court, with the sanction of the Local
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| − | Government, so direct. Appeals from Subordinate Judges lie to the District
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| − | Judge, except when the value of the subject-matter exceeds Rs. 5,000, in which
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| − | case the appeal lies to the High Court. Appeals from the decrees and orders of
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| − | District and Additional Judges lie to the High Court. An appeal may, subject to
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| − | certain restrictions, be preferred from the High Court to the Privy Council in
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| − | England, if the amount in dispute exceeds Rs. 10,000. The powers of Courts of
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| − | Small Causes are regulated by Act IX of 1887. Subject to certain exceptions,
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| − | their jurisdiction extends to all suits of a civil nature of which the value
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| − | does not exceed Rs. 500, a limit which may be increased to Rs. <span class="SpellE">r<span class="GramE">,ooo</span></span> by a special order of the
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| − | Local Government. The Local Government is empowered, under Act XII of 1887, to
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| − | invest Subordinate Judges and <span class="SpellE">Munsifs</span> with Small
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| − | Cause Court jurisdiction for the trial of cases not exceeding Rs. 500 in value
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| − | in the case of Subordinate Judges, and Rs. 100 in the case of <span class="SpellE">Munsifs</span>. In civil suits above a certain limit Calcutta is | + | was |
| − | under the original jurisdiction of the High Court. The Small Cause Court of
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| − | Calcutta has a purely local jurisdiction and is regulated by a special Act. The
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| − | principal statistics^ relating to civil justice are embodied in the statement <span class="GramE">below :</span> — </span></p>
| + | the |
| | + | first |
| | + | Indian |
| | + | fIlms |
| | + | to |
| | + | be |
| | + | hand |
| | + | tinted |
| | + | in |
| | + | colour, |
| | + | but |
| | + | because |
| | + | this |
| | + | .was |
| | + | the |
| | + | fIlm |
| | + | in |
| | + | which |
| | + | M.G. |
| | + | Ramachandran |
| | + | was |
| | + | cast |
| | + | as |
| | + | a |
| | + | villain |
| | + | and |
| | + | Ranjan |
| | + | played |
| | + | the |
| | + | lead |
| | + | role |
| | + | in |
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ear
1945
was
also
remembered
for
another
film
,
BN.
Rao's
Saliwhanan.
The
movie
remembered
not
just
because
it
was
one
of
the
first
Indian
fIlms
to
be
hand
tinted
in
colour,
but
because
this
.was
the
fIlm
in
which
M.G.
Ramachandran
was
cast
as
a
villain
and
Ranjan
played
the
lead
role
in
the
fIlm.
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