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| office = Chief Justice of the [[Bombay High Court|High Court of Bombay]] <br />
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'''Sir Richard Couch''' (1817–1905) 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]].<br />
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Couch was appointed Chief Justice of the [[Bombay High Court|High Court of Bombay]] in 1866.<ref>[http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/cjshow.php?auth=amdldGlkPTEmcGFnZW5vPTE= High Court of Bombay: Hon'ble Former Chief Justices]</ref> He served for four years in that position, before being appointed Chief Justice of the [[Calcutta High Court|High Court of Calcutta]], serving in that post from 1870 to 1875.<ref>[http://calcuttahighcourt.nic.in/pdf_files/former_chief_justice.pdf High Court of Calcutta: Former Chief Justices]</ref><br />
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Upon his retirement from the High Court of Calcutta, Couch was appointed to the [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] in 1881.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24927/pages/339/page.pdf ''London Gazette'', 25 January 1881, p. 339.]</ref> He sat on numerous appeals from India and Canada.<ref>[[List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1880–1889]]</ref><ref>[[List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1890–1899]]</ref><ref>[[List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases originating in Canada, 1900–1909]]</ref><br />
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