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What was the system of justice introduced by Cornwallis?

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Lord Comwallis set up roper judicial system in India. Two types of courts were setup-the civil courts also called the diwani adalat and the criminal courts also called the faujdari adalat. The civil court was headed by the district collector while the criminal courts were under a Qazi and mufti. The Supreme Court was set up the highest level. Below this. High Courts were set up in the three presidencies. A major problem faced was there was no uniformity in the laws. Different laws existed according to the religion of the criminal. A law commission was appointed to finalize and write down the laws. The concept of 'Rule of Law' was introduced. However, this was only in theory as the Europeans were tried only by British judges in separate courts.