The Administration of the Sultanate of Dehli c12.215

c12.215

The cases arising out of disputes between non-Muslim subjects were decided in the ordinary courts: only the decision was based on customary law. Cases between Muslims and non-Muslims were decided according to principles of equity. Very few cases between Hindu litigants would come to the courts, for the village pañchāyats functioned down to the British period and the caste pañchāyats are potent even to-day.