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Restrictions corresponding to those imposed by
Parliament in 1781 on the jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court at Calcutta were made applicable to these
courts.

The new courts did not last long. That at
Madras existed for two years and was then abolished,
er Supreme Court being established in its stead.
The powers vested in the Recorder's Court were
transferred to the new Supreme Court which was
granted the like jurisdiction, and was made subject
 to the same restrictions as the Supreme Court of
Judicature at Fort William in Bengal. This new
Charter was granted in December 1801.

The Recorder's Court at Bombay existed till
1823, when a Supreme Court of Judicature was
established in its stead, and was invested with the
same powers and authorities as the Supreme Court of
Calcutta, with a similar jurisdiction and subject to
the same limitations, restrictions. and control.

There were some slight differences in the Charters
 of the courts. The Bombay Court was prohibited
from interfering in any matter concerning the revenue,
even wit/in the town of Bombay. The Bombay and
Madras Courts could not compel natives to appear
before them except under circumstances which would
have justified their being compelled to appear in a
native court, thus further securing to natives their
own laws. ©