THE PRIVY COUNCIL

PRIVY COUNCIL
 HER MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE
PRIVY COUNCIL IS A BODY OF
ADVISORS TO THE BRITISH SOVEREIGN
. ITS MEMBERS ARE LARGELY SENIOR
POLITICIANS, WHO WERE OR ARE
MEMBERS OF EITHER THE 
HOUSE OF COMMONS OR 
HOUSE OF LORDS OF THE UNITED
KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
NORTHERN IRELAND.
HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE
 CURIA REGIS OR KING’S COURT
CONSISTING OF FEUDAL LORDS
WAS TO ADVISE THE KING IN
ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL
MATTERS.
NATURE OF PRIVY COUNCIL’S
JURISDICTION
 LAST COURT OR APEX COURT OF
APPEAL FOR COLONIES AND
DOMINIONS BUT THE DECISION OF
THE COUNCIL WAS ALWAYS IN THE
FORM OF ADVICE TO HIS MAJESTY
AND NOT AS A FINAL ORDER AS IN
THE CASE OF OTHER COURTS.
JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF PRIVY
COUNCIL
 ACT OF 1833.
 THE ENTIRE APPELLATE
JURISDICTION OF THE KING IN
COUNCIL WAS TO BE EXERCISED BY
THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE.
 THE PRIVY COUNCIL ALSO GRANTED
SPECIAL LEAVE TO APPEAL IN CIVIL
MATTERS INVOLVING A SUBSTANTIAL
QUESTION OF LAW.
APPEALS FROM INDIA
 APPEALS FROM MAYOR’S COURTS
OF 1726.
 APPEALS FROM SUPREME COURT
UNDER REGULATING ACT, 1773.
APPEALS FROM SADAR ADALATS.
 APPEALS TO PRIVY COUNCIL FROM
INDIAN HIGH COURTS.
 APPEALS FROM THE FEDERAL
COURT.
 ABOLITION OF THE JURISDICTION
OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL, 1949.

 ROLE OF PRIVY COUNCIL IN THE

DEVELOPMENT OF LAW IN INDIA.