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This paper focuses the evolution of the judicial system in colonial India after the Charter Act of 1833. The Charter Act of 1833 legalized the British colonization of India and the territorial possessions of the company were allowed to remain under its government, but were held in trust for his majesty, his heirs and successors for the service of Government of India. This act is important in that it defined for the first time the constitutional position of British Indian territories. The evolution of a sound legal system can be regarded as the best and the most notable legacy left behind by the company rule in India. The British rulers constituted law Commissions, Indian legislative council and their sustained labor succeeded in the framing of the Indian Penal Code and Codes of Criminal and Civil Procedure. They provide the guiding light as envisaged by the early British experts who framed these codes around a hundred and fifty years ago.