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It may here be mentioned that it was only in
1862 (25 and 26 Vic, Cap. 20) that it was enacted
that writs of Habeas Corpus should not be issued by
Courts in England to the colonies and foreign dominions
 where established courts existed.
The High Courts and Chief Court.
The year 1862 saw High Courts established at
Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, under the Statute 24
and 25 Vic, Cap. 104 (1861) and Charters; these
Charters were renewed in 1865.
A similar High Court was established in 1866 in
the North-Western Provinces, under the reserved
powers conferred by Section 16 of the Act of 1861
upon the Crown. This court was in all respects
similar to the other High Courts.

These courts combined the jurisdictions of the
Supreme Court and of the Sudder Criminal and Civil
Courts.
The work of systematizing the administration
of justice had long been before the Indian Law
Commissioners for India, and between 1859 and 1862
the Codes of Civil and Criminal Procedure and the
Penal Code, prepared by the Commission, became
the law of the land.
The High Courts consist of a Chief Justice and
as many Judges, not exceeding fifteen, as the Crown
may appoint; they are selected from—
Barristers (or Advocates of Scotland) of not less
than five years’ standing :