PLAN OF 1772 AND 1774 AND

REORGANIZATION IN 1780
 ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Hindus
Muslims

CIVIL JUSTICE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Province

Districts

Towns

Villages
 SADAR DIWANI
ADALAT

MOFUSSIL DIWANI
ADALAT

SMALL CAUSE COURT

SADAR NIZAMAT
ADALAT

MOFUSSIL
FAUJDARI ADALAT
 PERSONAL LAWS OF HINDUS AND MUSLIMS
WERE SAFEGUARDED.
 DISTRICT WAS SELECTED AS UNIT OF
ADMINISTRATION.
 JURISDICTION OF DIWANI AND FAUJDARI
ADALAT CLEARLY DEFINED.
 NATIVE LAW OFFICERS WERE ALSO
APPOINTED.
 APPLICATION OF PERSONAL LAW WAS NOT
COMPLETE.
 PERSONAL LAWS ALLOWED ONLY TO HINDUS
AND MUSLIMS, BUT NOT OTHER COMMUNITIES.
 JUDGES WERE ENGLISHMEN, NO KNOWLEDGE OF
PERSONAL LAWS.
 COLLECTOR WAS CONFERRED ON EXCESSIVE
POWERS.
 NO SEPARATION BETWEEN THE REVENUE
COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL
JUSTICE.
 CIVIL JUSTICE:
 THE WHOLE TERRITORIES OF BENGAL, BIHAR
AND ORISSA WERE DIVIDED INTO SIX
DIVISIONS WITH THE HEADQUARTERS AT
CALCUTTA, BURDWAN, MURSHIDABAD,
DINAJPUR, DACCA AND PATNA.
 EACH DIVISION CONSISTED OF SEVERAL
DISTRICTS.
 IN EACH DIVISION PROVINCIAL COUNCIL WAS
ESTABLISHED.
 IN THE PLACE OF COLLECTOR, AN INDIAN
OFFICER DIWAN OR AMIL WAS APPOINTED.
 DIWAN WAS TO COLLECT REVENUE UNDER
THE SUPERVISION OF PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

 CRIMINAL JUSTICE:
 SADAR NIZAMAT ADALAT WAS SHIFTED FROM
CALCUTTA TO MURSHIDABAD.
 THE ENGLISH COLLECTOR WAS REPLACED BY
AN INDIAN OFFICER, CALLED DIWAN.
 ON ACCOUNT OF ESTABLISHMENT OF
PROVINCIAL COUNCILS, THE BURDEN ON THE
SADAR DIWANI ADALAT WAS LESSENED.
 REDUCED THE HARDSHIPS OF LITIGANTS.
 UNDER THE PLAN ALL CASES DECIDED BY
MOFUSSIL DIWANI WERE APPEALABLE TO
PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.
 THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL WERE CONFERRED
ON EXCESSIVE POWERS.
 THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE CIVIL JUSTICE
AND REVENUE COLLECTION COULD NOT BE
MAINTAINED. DIWANS AND PROVINCIAL
COUNCILS BOTH WERE RESPONSIBLE NOT
ONLY FOR THE COLLECTION OF REVENUE BUT
ALSO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL JUSTICE.
 THE PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ESTABLISHED
UNDER THE PLAN OF 1774 WERE DIVESTED
OF THEIR JUDICIAL POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
AND THEY WERE ONLY TO COLLECT REVENUE
AND DECIDE REVENUE CASES.
 THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL TO DECIDE CIVIL
CASES WAS CONFERRED ON A NEW COURT
ESTABLISHED IN EACH DIVISION KNOWN AS
THE PROVINCIAL COURT OF DIWANI ADALAT
WHICH WAS PRESIDED OVER BY AN ENGLISH
OFFICER.
 THE SUPERINTENDANT OF DIWANI ADALAT
WAS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR AND
COUNCIL.
 THIS COURT WAS CONFERRED ON THE POWER
TO DECIDE CIVIL CASES.
 COULD REFER SMALL CASES TO ZAMINDARS.
 SIR ELIZAH IMPEY COMPILED A CIVIL
PROCEDURE CODE.
 NUMBER OF COURTS INCREASED TO
EIGHTEEN.
 NOW INSTEAD OF SUPERINTENDANT HE
WOULD BE CALLED JUDGE.