A Supreme Court of Judicature functioned for over 60 years at Madras during British rule
A charter, issued in 1687, empowered the Mayor and three of the eldest Aldermen to form a court of record. King George III issued a charter in 1798 for constituting of the Court of the Recorder of Madras that replaced the Mayor’s Court. Yet another charter, issued in 1800, abolished this court and put in place the Supreme Court of Judicature at Madras
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