GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Option c is correct: Under the Regulating Act of 1773 Supreme Court was established at Fort William at Calcutta. The court was established with original & appellate jurisdictions where the subjects could seek redressal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Warren Hastings laid the foundation of civil service and Lord Cornwallis reformed, modernized, and rationalized it. He established Supreme Court in Calcutta on October 27, 1774.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Supreme Court at Calcutta was established on 22 October 1774 by the Regulating Act of 1773. The drawback of this act was that the powers of SC were not clearly defined. It replaced the Mayer’s Court of Calcutta. Sir Elijah Impey was the first judge of this court.