The Regulating Act of 1773 established a Supreme Court of Fort William, Calcutta. This Supreme Court consisted one Chief Justice and three other regular judges or Puisne Judges. Sir Elijah Imphey was the first Chief Justice of this Supreme Court. The Supreme Court was the supreme judiciary over all British subjects including the provinces of Bengal, Bihar' and Odisha. This was the starting point, of Modern constitutional history of India, under the British.