The Calcutta Law Journal Short Notes of Cases Articles and other Matters December 1 1920

The fulfilment of this condiien will endow them with sense of discretion and responsjbili'7 fDr the life and libtity of others and also with a proper sense of the value of their property in both of which necessary qualiticktions the majority of the present officers are tinfortunatuly found k:aming at the outset of their career. [...] Besides all such officers should be made to acquir suffi?ient proficiency in the vernaculars and usages and customs of the people and are to attend the proceedings of the Highest Tribunal of the province for a r.tst six months prior to their posting. [...] Members of one branch are to be transferred to the other freely in the first few years of their service as is done in the case of the members of the Civil Service. [...] The invidious distinction and colour prejudice that have hitherto been maintained and have prejudiced the adminitration of justice in the trial of European British-born subjects should be removed altogether and all accused persons irrespective of creed and colour should be made for the sake of bare and literal justice and fairness amenable to trial by all courts. [...] (g ) A standing law committee to secure uniformity in the dcisions of the various Courts and to draw the attention of Government to the defects in the existing Acts and their improvement generally.