List of Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay

This is a list of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay. It was in existence from 1824 to 1862, when the Bombay High Court was founded. The role of the judges of the court was to defend, on behalf of the British Crown, the interests of the people of Bombay against the East India Company.[1]

The Supreme Court was preceded by the Recorder's Court.[2]

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay

Took office Chief Justice Notes
1823 Sir Edward West[3][2] first year was in the Recorder's Court
1829 Sir James Dewar[3]
1831 Sir R. Herbert Abingdon Draper Compton[3]
1839 Sir John Wither Awdry[3]
1840 Sir Henry Roper[3]
1846 Sir David Pollock[3]
1847 Sir Thomas Erskine Perry[3]
1852 Sir William Yardley[2]
1859 Sir Mathew Richard Sausse[2]became Bombay High Court Chief Judge in 1862

See also

Notes

  1. Berg, Maxine L. "West, Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29079. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. 1 2 3 4 J. HIGGINBOTHAM (1862). The Bombay Miscellany. p. 640. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Joseph Haydn (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Lists of the Official Personages of the British Empire. Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans. p. 272. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
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