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Judicial System in
Ancient India
Unit I
Topic I
Study topics
 Important factors influencing the ancient judicial
system
 Literature and source of Law
 Constitution of courts in ancient India
 Cardinal rule of administration of justice
 Institution of Lawyers
 Judicial Procedure
 Trial by Ordeal
 Appointment of judges
 Crimes and punishments
Three Important Factors
 Social Order
 Political Institution and system
 Religion and religious philosophy
Social order
 Two important concept plays a very
important role in molding the Judicial
pattern of ancient India. i.e.
 Caste System and
 Joint family System
Caste System
 What is Caste?
 Why it is important?
 How its contributing to the
development of legal system in
ancient India?
Joint family system
 Joint family is regarded as unit of the
Hindu Social System
 It includes parents children, grand
Children, uncle and their descendents
and their collaterals from the male
side
 They had common dwelling and their
estate in common.
 Head of the family was patriarch
Dharma
 most important concept of the Hindu
political thought
 Defining the meaning of Dharma
 F. Keilhorn
 P.V. kane
 K. V Rangaswami
Constitution of Courts in
Ancient India
 King’s court
 Kulani
 Shreni
 Puga
Cardinal rule for
administration of justice
 Justice should not be
administered by a single
individual
 Let king or his ministers
transect the business on the
Bench
Institution of Lawyers
 No reference in smritis regarding the
separate institution of Lawyers
 But the person well versed in law and
procedure were appointed to
represent a party before the court
 However the organization of lawyers
as it exist today was not in existence
in Ancient time.
Judicial Procedure
 Very elaborate
 According to Brihaspati suit or trial
consist of four parts: i) Purvapaksha
ii) uttar iii) kriya iv) nirnaya
 If the defender denies the charges ;
duty of the court is to provide equal
opportunity to both to prove their case
 Evidence were based on three sources
a) documents b) witnesses c) and
possession of incriminating objects
Appointment of Judges
 Caste played an important role
 Qualification
 Person who are ignorant to customs,
non believer in the caste system and
God etc not to be appointed as judge
 Highly qualified learned in law shall be
appointed as judge
 Judge were required to take oath of
impartiality
Trial by Ordeals
 A method to determine the guilty of
the person
 Generally limited its application to
cases where no concrete evidence
available
 These ordeals were
1. Ordeal of Balance
2. Ordeal of Fire
3. Ordeal by Water
4. Oridial of poison
5. Oridial of lot
6. Oridial of rice-Grains
7. Oridial of Fountain Cheese
 He should decide the case without
concerning the personal gains
 If the person performs his judicial
duties in this manner achieves the
same spiritual merits as a person
performing Yajna
Crimes and Punishments
 In the Hindu period punishment was
considered to be a sort by which the
impurities from the man of sinful
prompting is removed and reformed
his character.
 As per the ancient Smriti writers
there were four purpose served by
the punishment
1. To meet the urge of the person who
suffered
2. For revenge or retaliation
3. As deterrent and preventive measure
4. For reformation or redemption of the
evil doer
Methods of Punishment
 Gentle admonition
 By severe reproof
 By fine and
 By corporal punishment
Arthashastra of Kautilyas
 Awarding of the punishment
Judicial system in_ancient_india[1]

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Judicial system in_ancient_india[1]

  • 1. Judicial System in Ancient India Unit I Topic I
  • 2. Study topics  Important factors influencing the ancient judicial system  Literature and source of Law  Constitution of courts in ancient India  Cardinal rule of administration of justice  Institution of Lawyers  Judicial Procedure  Trial by Ordeal  Appointment of judges  Crimes and punishments
  • 3. Three Important Factors  Social Order  Political Institution and system  Religion and religious philosophy
  • 4. Social order  Two important concept plays a very important role in molding the Judicial pattern of ancient India. i.e.  Caste System and  Joint family System
  • 5. Caste System  What is Caste?  Why it is important?  How its contributing to the development of legal system in ancient India?
  • 6. Joint family system  Joint family is regarded as unit of the Hindu Social System  It includes parents children, grand Children, uncle and their descendents and their collaterals from the male side  They had common dwelling and their estate in common.  Head of the family was patriarch
  • 7. Dharma  most important concept of the Hindu political thought  Defining the meaning of Dharma  F. Keilhorn  P.V. kane  K. V Rangaswami
  • 8. Constitution of Courts in Ancient India  King’s court  Kulani  Shreni  Puga
  • 9. Cardinal rule for administration of justice  Justice should not be administered by a single individual  Let king or his ministers transect the business on the Bench
  • 10. Institution of Lawyers  No reference in smritis regarding the separate institution of Lawyers  But the person well versed in law and procedure were appointed to represent a party before the court  However the organization of lawyers as it exist today was not in existence in Ancient time.
  • 11. Judicial Procedure  Very elaborate  According to Brihaspati suit or trial consist of four parts: i) Purvapaksha ii) uttar iii) kriya iv) nirnaya  If the defender denies the charges ; duty of the court is to provide equal opportunity to both to prove their case  Evidence were based on three sources a) documents b) witnesses c) and possession of incriminating objects
  • 12. Appointment of Judges  Caste played an important role  Qualification  Person who are ignorant to customs, non believer in the caste system and God etc not to be appointed as judge  Highly qualified learned in law shall be appointed as judge  Judge were required to take oath of impartiality
  • 13. Trial by Ordeals  A method to determine the guilty of the person  Generally limited its application to cases where no concrete evidence available  These ordeals were 1. Ordeal of Balance 2. Ordeal of Fire 3. Ordeal by Water
  • 14. 4. Oridial of poison 5. Oridial of lot 6. Oridial of rice-Grains 7. Oridial of Fountain Cheese
  • 15.  He should decide the case without concerning the personal gains  If the person performs his judicial duties in this manner achieves the same spiritual merits as a person performing Yajna
  • 16. Crimes and Punishments  In the Hindu period punishment was considered to be a sort by which the impurities from the man of sinful prompting is removed and reformed his character.  As per the ancient Smriti writers there were four purpose served by the punishment
  • 17. 1. To meet the urge of the person who suffered 2. For revenge or retaliation 3. As deterrent and preventive measure 4. For reformation or redemption of the evil doer
  • 18. Methods of Punishment  Gentle admonition  By severe reproof  By fine and  By corporal punishment
  • 19. Arthashastra of Kautilyas  Awarding of the punishment