Richard Couch (judge)

The Right Honourable
Sir Richard Couch
Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay
In office
1866–1870
Personal details
Born1817
England
Died1905 (aged 87–88)
London, England

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.[1] 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.[2]

Upon his retirement from the High Court of Calcutta, Couch was appointed to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1881.[3] He sat on numerous appeals from India and Canada.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ High Court of Bombay: Hon'ble Former Chief Justices
  2. ^ High Court of Calcutta: Former Chief Justices
  3. ^ London Gazette, 25 January 1881, p. 339.
  4. ^ List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1880–1889
  5. ^ List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1890–1899
  6. ^ List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1900–1909