[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924) › c45.22 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c45.22 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c45.22 - **Language:** English ### [c45.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.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. - [Previous: c45.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.21) - [Next: c45.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.23) - [Up: c45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c45.22) · Pramāṇa