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Edmund Burke: “This is the tenure of your judges; and the valuable principle of the bill is to make a judicial administration for…”

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This is the tenure of your judges; and the valuable principle of the bill is to make a judicial administration for India.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke highlights the importance of a judicial administration for India as a key principle of the bill.

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