List of chief justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay

This is a list of 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, established in 1798.[2]

Recorders of Bombay
Took office Chief Justice Notes
1798Sir William Syer [3]Died 1802
1803Sir James Mackintosh[4]
1811Sir John Henry Newbolt
1812Sir Alexander Anstruther[4]Died 1819
1820Sir D. Evans[4]Died 1821
1822Sir Edward West[4]Became Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1823

Chief justices of the Supreme Court of Bombay
Took office Chief Justice Notes
1823Sir Edward West[5][2]first year was in the Recorder's Court
1829Sir James Dewar[5]
1831Sir Herbert Abingdon Draper Compton[5]
1839Sir John Wither Awdry[5]
1840Sir Henry Roper[5]
1846Sir David Pollock[5]
1847Sir Thomas Erskine Perry[5]
1852Sir William Yardley[2]
1859Sir Matthew 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. J. HIGGINBOTHAM (1862). The Bombay Miscellany. p. 640. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. The Asiatic annual register, or: View of the history of Hindustan ..., Volume 1
  4. Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 31
  5. 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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