Richard Couch (judge)

{{Short description|Anglo-Indian judge}}

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Sir Richard Couch (17 May 1817 – 28 November 1905) was an Anglo-Indian judge who served on the colonial courts of India and also on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, at that time the court of last resort for the British Empire.

Couch was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay in 1866.[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTEmcGFnZW5vPTE= High Court of Bombay: Hon'ble Former Chief Justices] He served for four years in that position, before being appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Calcutta, serving in that post from 1870 to 1875.[http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/pdf_files/former_chief_justice.pdf High Court of Calcutta: Former Chief Justices]

Upon his retirement from the High Court of Calcutta, Couch was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1881.[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24927/pages/339/page.pdf London Gazette, 25 January 1881, p. 339.] He sat on numerous appeals from India and Canada.List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1880–1889List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1890–1899List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1900–1909