Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c45.22

c45.22

'rest is in the hands of the king'¹. It was the jury's separate province (*karma proktam prithak prithak*: Brihaspati) to consider the truth or otherwise of the cause brought before the court. Thus even when justice was dispensed by royal judges there was a safeguard against the leanings of the judge.