The Calcutta Weekly Notes Law Notes and Notes of Cases of the Calcutta High Court and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the English Law Courts Monday September 2 1901

The effect of the multitude of charges before the jury has not been averted by dissecting the verdict aftewards and appropriating the finding of guilty only to such parts of the written accusation as ought to have been submitted to the jury. [...] Having regard to the present constitution of the Judicial Committee and to the recommendations of the conference held at the Colonial office we are of opinion that no time should be lost in strengtheing the Indian representation in the Committee by the appointment of really competent members on a salary befitting their position. [...] Just previous to the date fixed for the hearing of the action and at the Defendant's suggestion the parties agreed to refer to the sole arbitration of the 1-Jon'ble H. L. Wendt their whole dispute. [...] Later on the District Judge extended by an order of his the time for the making of the award until the 15th March 1900 ; this was done on the joint motion of the parties. [...] Both the lower Courts held that the Plaintiff was not bound by the proceedings of the Settlement officer that the latter had no right to raise the Plaintiff's rent and accordingly modified the certficate and gave the Plaintiff a decree for the recover3 of a sum of Rs.