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• SIR

SIR ROMESH CHANDRA See also:

• MITRA, RAJENDRA LALA (1824-1891)

MITRA (1840-1899)  , See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 184o . When the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company's See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter was renewed in 1853, the old supreme courts and sadr courts in the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency towns were changed into high courts, and See also:

• ROMA

Roma Prasad See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy, son of the See also:

• GREAT

great reformer See also:

• RAJA

Raja See also:

• RAM
• RAM, PIERRE FRANCOIS XAVIER DE (18o4-1865)

Ram Mohan Roy, was the first Indian who was appointed a judge of the new high See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta . He did not live, however, to take his seat on the See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench, and was succeeded by Sambhu Nath Pandit, and then by Dwarka Nath See also:

• MITRA, RAJENDRA LALA (1824-1891)

Mitra, perhaps the most talented judge that India produced in the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Dwarka Nath's great ability and thorough insight into cases were universally recognized in India; his decisions were valued and often quoted; and his name was often mentioned as an See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration of the judicial capacity of the natives of India . Anukul Chandra Mukerji also sat on the bench for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time; and on his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1871, Romesh Chandra Mitra was appointed judge in his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . He maintained the high reputation of his predecessors, and for a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of nearly twenty years, down to 189o, he performed his judicial duties with See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit and distinction . When the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice was temporarily vacant in 1882, the See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis of See also:

• RIPON
• RIPON, GEORGE FREDERICK SAMUEL ROBINSON, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1827-1909)

Ripon, then See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy of India, appointed Romesh Chandra to officiate in that post—the highest judicial position in the Indian See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Dufferin, who succeeded Lord Ripon as viceroy of India, appointed Romesh Chandra a member of the Public Service See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission, and in this capacity he did valuable See also:

• WORK

work . Failing See also:

• HEALTH

health compelled him to retire from the high court in 189o, and he was then knighted and appointed a member of the viceroy's legislative See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . Till he died in 1899, he continued to take See also:

• INTEREST

interest in all social, educational and See also:

• POLITICAL

political reforms in India .