Amending act of 1781

Amending act of 1781

In a bid to rectify the defects of the regulating act of  1773 ,the British Parliament passed amending act of 1781, also known as the act of settlement.

The features of this act was follows:

1. It exempted the governor-general and the council from the jurisdiction of the supreme court for the acts     done by them in their  official capacity. similarly, it exempted the servants of the company from the             jurisdiction.

2. It excluded the revenue matters and the matters rising in the collection of revenue the jurisdiction of the     supreme court.

3. It provided that the supreme court was to have jurisdiction over all the inhabitants of Culcutta. It also       required the court to administer the personal  law of the defendants . Hindus were tried according to          Hindu law and Muslim were tried according to Mohammedan law.  

4. It laid down that the appeals from the provincial courts could be taken to the Governor-General-in -         Council and not to the supreme court.

5. It empowered the Governor-General-in-Council  to frame regulations for the provincial courts and            Acouncils.