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'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1862-63’ [9v] (14/266)
The record is made up of 1 item (144 folios). It was created in 29 Aug 1863-27 Jul 1865. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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JUDICIAL.
8
[Bombay']
Civil Justice.
to him were in 1862 less than half those instituted in 1861, attributes it
to the provisions of the new Civil Procedure Code, which require the
verification of plaints, to the increased cost of litigation, and to the dangers
incurred under the new Penal Code by those who have unjust recourse to
a court of law in order to gratify their malice.
22. With respect to the Code of Civil Procedure and its operation—
The Judge of Ahmedabad remarks that the Co’de makes no due provision
for the disposal of those cases in which the defendants may be residing in a
foreign state with which there is no communication by post. Until this
defect be rectified, he adds, many suits must remain on the files of the
Mofussil Courts unheard and undetermined.
The Judge of Sholapore observes that in the execution of decrees by
sale of immovable property, due notice is not always given to the public
of the value of property to be sold. “ Jahirnamas,” indeed, are posted m
the Talooka Cutcherry, at the village Chowrees, and other public places,
and notice is given by beat of drum; property nevertheless is often sold
very much below its real value. It has been suggested that each court
should employ a crier, to be paid a certain per-centage out of the funds of
the sale.
Of the native judicial officers in the Zillah of Sholapore the same Judge
writes that they are, as a rule, ignorant of English. Ihey consequently
cannot understand the books of reference with which nevertheless the
courts are plentifully supplied. The remedy suggested is the provision of
translations.
The Judge of the Konkun Division calls attention to the fact that
there are no proper warehouses for the custody of attached propeity, and
that, consequently, the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure with
reference to the seizure of movables have not been, and could not be,
carried out with strictness.
The Judge of Sholapore mentions that some difficulty was ex
perienced by the peons of the civil courts in serving summons on
defendants, and in ascertaining whether defendants are really living out ol
jurisdiction or are simply evading process; and that village officeis were
not always willing to give due assistance to the peons, ihe Magistrate
has lately remedied this by directing that proper aid shall be afforded by
village officers to servants of civil courts when it is applied for, but that
this aid should be applied for only when other means shall fail. But the
Judge thinks that there is reason to allow the peons to go at once to the
Patel and obtain what information that officer has to furnish.
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Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. during the financial year 1862-63.
The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-headings:
- ‘JUDICIAL’ (ff 6-15), consisting of: Legislative; Civil Justice; Criminal Justice; Police; Jails
- ‘FINANCE AND REVENUE’ (ff 16-25), consisting of: Finance; The Mint; Revenue; Cash Alienations; Land Alienations; Sayer (Income Tax, Stamps, &c.); Customs; Imports; Import Revenue; Export Revenue; Frontier Duties; General Trade; Opium; Salt Excise; Financial and Commercial Legislation
- ‘POLITICAL’ (ff 26-35), consisting of: Sattara [Satara]; Kolhapore [Kolhapur]; The Southern Maratha Country; Cutch [Kachchh]; Rewa Kanta [Rewa Kantha] and Punch Mahals [Panch Mahals]; Guzerat [Gujarat]; Aden; Savanoor [Savanur]; Surat; Mahee Kanta [Mahi Kantha]; Edur [Idar]; Cambay [Khambhat]; Kattywar [Kathiawar]; Sind [Sindh]; Pahlunpoor [Palanpur]; Junjeera [Janjira]
- ‘PUBLIC WORKS’ (ff 36-39), consisting of: Sattara; Bombay [Mumbai] Harbour Defences; Belgaum and Kolapoor [Kolhapur]; Poona [Pune] Districts; The Civil Architect; Dharwar [Dharwad]; Ahmedabad and Kaira [Kheda]; Northern Concan [Konkan]; Mhow; Poona Cantonment; Kirkee [Khadki] Cantonment; Nassick [Nashik] Districts; Agra Road, Beaora [Biaora] Division; The Garrison and Dockyard Engineer, Bombay; Agra Road, Mhow Division; Sholapore [Solapur]; Ahmednuggur [Ahmednagar]; Surat and Broach [Bharuch]
- ‘PUBLIC WORKS, RAILWAY’ (ff 40-43), consisting of: Railway Operations; Bombay, Baroda [Vadodara], and Central India Railway; The Sind Railway; Indus Steam Flotilla
- ‘MILITARY DEPARTMENT’ (f 44), consisting of: Military Department; Marine Department
- ‘EDUCATION’ (ff 45-46)
- ‘THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT’ (f 47)
- ‘CONSERVANCY AND MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION’ (ff 48-50), consisting of: Bombay; Revenue Survey
- ‘FORESTS’ (f 51)
- ‘MISCELLANEOUS’ (f 52).
The remainder of the item consists of appendices to the ‘JUDICIAL’ section of the report. Appendices A and B (f 53) contain lists of Acts passed, respectively, by the Government of India and the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. . Appendix C (ff 53-64) contains a list of bills under consideration by the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. . Appendix D (ff 65-146) consists of a detailed report on jails by the Inspector-General of Prisons. Appendix D is dated 29 August 1863 and contains an inserted sheet of corrections (f 66) dated 27 July 1865. A table of contents listing the headings and sub-headings of the report is on folio 5. In a small number of instances there are discrepancies in the spelling or phrasing of sub-headings between the table of contents and the body of the report. In these cases the sub-heading as it appears in the body of the report is included above.
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