Charles Sargent (judge)
{{Short description|Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court}}
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Sir Charles Sargent (1821 – 21 June 1900) was the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
Early life
Sargent completed his education at Trinity College, Cambridge where he took his M.A. and achieved the distinction of being Fifth Wrangler. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1848.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIAyDwAAQBAJ&q=Charles+Sargent+chief+justice+Bombay&pg=PT94|title=Enslaved Daughters: Colonialism, Law and Women's Rights|last=Sudhir Chandra|date=27 February 2008|isbn=9780199088782|access-date=May 17, 2018}}
Career
Before coming to India Sargent was a member of Supreme Council of Justice of the Ionian Islands and also its Chief Justice for six years.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=doM8DwAAQBAJ&q=Charles+Sargent+chief+justice+Bombay&pg=PT282|title=An Independent, Colonial Judiciary: A History of the Bombay High Court|last=Abhinav Chandrachud|date=28 May 2015|isbn=9780199089482|access-date=May 17, 2018}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-67bBAAAQBAJ&q=Charles+Sargent+chief+justice+Bombay&pg=PA209|title=The First Women Lawyers: A Comparative Study of Gender, Law and the Legal|last=Mary Jane Mossman|date=31 May 2006|isbn=9781847310958|access-date=May 17, 2018}} He joined in the Bombay High Court in 1866 as Puisne Judge and after the retirement of Michael Roberts Westropp he became the Chief Justice in 1882. His judgments were generally short, lucid and free from political or racial bias. He served there up to 1895.{{Cite web|url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTMmcGFnZW5vPTE=|title=Sir CHARLES SARGENT|website=bombayhighcourt.nic.in|access-date=May 17, 2018}}
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Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire