Richard Couch (judge)
Sir Richard Couch | |
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Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay | |
In office 1866–1870 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1817 London, England |
Sir Richard Couch (17 May 1817 – 28 November 1905) was an Anglo-Indian judge who served on the colonial courts of India and also on the
court of last resort for the British Empire
.
Couch was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay in 1866.[1] He served for four years in that position, before being appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Calcutta, serving in that post from 1870 to 1875.[2]
Upon his retirement from the High Court of Calcutta, Couch was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1881.[3] He sat on numerous appeals from India and Canada.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ High Court of Bombay: Hon'ble Former Chief Justices
- ^ High Court of Calcutta: Former Chief Justices
- ^ London Gazette, 25 January 1881, p. 339.
- List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1880–1889
- List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1890–1899
- List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1900–1909