Legalfundaa

British established it's first factory in Surat. As they expanded they established factories in other town such as Madras, Calcutta and Bombay. Francis Day got piece of land from Hindu king for the East India Company in 1639. East India Company got a town named as "Madraspatanam". (Don't tell this to UP CM Yogi, or else he will rename Madras). British Established fortified factory were Englishmen would stay. Till 1665, Madras was subordinate to Surat. Now town was divided into two divisions. In fortified area, Englishmen and European used to stay which was known as "White Town", whereas villagers stayed outside were known as "Black Town" Study of development of legal administration is divided into three stages. We can divide in as many stages as we want, provided we have certain distinguishing criteria for each division. Let's see each stage with some more details. First Stage-1639-1665 (Black town, white town, choultry court) Th...

Ancient civilization like us have very very long legal history. This goes back to as back as 2500 B.C (Yes, 4500 year back) Vedas, Upnishads, Smritis, Shastras and various commentary on various moral, philosphyical subjects have been in existance. Manusmirit dealt with many subjects such as inheritance,marriage, contracts etc. Most of the law have their roots in customs and usage(even today) and vary based on place, caste, language etc.Modern personal law still in most part is based on customs. We know as recently the practice of triple talaq banned by our supreme court. After Turks-Sultanate-Mughal invasion and during their regime, Islamic law been applied(Simplistic view). Modern Legal System has it's root at the advent of English Legal System in India after East India Company Arrived in 1600.This is typically consist of legal history syllabus in Law course.Modern Legal history is intrinsically linked with national movement for independence by us. Remember Civil Dis...