LEGAL AND

CONSTITUTIONAL
HISTORY OF INDIA
By Dr. RAJEEV RANJAN
Syllabus Structure
 Total Units: Six
 Credit: 3

 Approx. Classes: 44

 Books
 M.P. Jain, Outlines of Indian Legal and Constitutional
History
 B.D. Kulshreshtha, Landmark in Indian Legal and
Constitutional History.
Importance
 This paper is an very important paper. It has very relevant in
different competitive exams as well as it has great academic
importance.
 This course is designed to help students to understand the
historical background of the Indian Legal System. This course
shall play a pivotal role in creating interests amongst students
in furtherance of their law career. The Law commission
reports and developments through the British India period will
help students to know the intricacies of Law in India and the
establishment of Legal system during and post British era.
Arrival of Europeans in India
Unit-1

Administration of justice in
Madras, Bombay and
Calcutta.
The Working of Mayors

Court
Unit 2
 Adalat System
 Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice, Grant of
Diwani
 Judicial Plan of 1772
 Judicial Plan 0f 1774
 The Regulating Act
 The Supreme Court
 Trial of Raja Nandkumar case (1775)
 The Patna case (1777-79)
 The Cossijurah case (1779,80)
UNIT -3
Process of Codification in India
The Government of India Act, 1935.
Unit 4

The Establishment of the High Court

UNIT 5

Constitutional Development
UNIT 6
 Impact of Historical Development
 Common Law Influence
 Continued Relevance of Majority of Pre-
Constitutional Laws, Impact on Justice Delivery
System,
 Impact on the Working of the Constitution.
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