Q. With reference to Constitutional development in India during the British period, consider the following statements:
1. Pitts India Act established the Supreme Court in Bengal Province.
2. Charter Act of 1873 defined the Constitutional position of British territories in India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: D
Notes:
Constitutional development in India East India
- Company transformed itself from merely trading company to the ruling body through various stages of Constitutional developments in India.
- Regulating Act of 1773 was the first attempt of the British government to control and regulate the functioning of East India Company. Therefore, this is marked as the beginning of the parliamentary government of the Company.
- Under this Act, all the directors of the company were required to submit all correspondence regarding revenue affairs and civil and military administration of the company. This Act laid the foundation of a unitary type of Government in British India.
- Regulating Act of 1773 provides the establishment of the Supreme Court at Fort William in Bengal with original and appellate jurisdiction where all subjects could seek redressal.
- Charter Act of 1813 provided territories and revenue for 20 more years. Thus, it defined the Constitutional position of British territories in India explicitly for the first time.
Source: NCERT
