Consider the following statements:1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern.2. A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.3. The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.Which of the statements given above are correct?
✓ Correct answer: b) 2 and 3
ExplanationStatement 1 is incorrect: Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of India, did not establish a regular police force.Instead, he reorganized the existing system of policing and appointed a superintendent of police for each district.The British-style police system was introduced later by Lord Cornwallis in 1786. Statement 2 is correct: The Regulating Act of 1773 established the Supreme Court in Calcutta with jurisdiction over Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, hearing civil, criminal, and commercial cases, and exercising both original and appellate jurisdiction.Statement 3 is correct: The Indian Penal Code (IPC) was drafted by the first Law Commission of India established in 1834 under the Charter Act of 1833 under the chairmanship Thomas Babington Macaulay and was formally enacted in 1860 during the time of the British East India Company.23
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