Courts and Administration of Justice under Chhatrapati Shivaji

Description

Present book aims to depict the judicial organization in Chhatrapati Shivaji’s kingdom emerging from all original sources of the 17th century Maharashtra, that enables to have a good insight into an understanding of the functioning of the judicial courts existed in Swaraj under Chhatrapati Shivaji’s rule and government machinery. It presents king’s secular approach and also the equality of the treatment showed towards the Muslims in the judicial matters, legal rights and status sheds an ample light on the Chhatrapati Shivajis policy towards the criminals. The book forms a shining example of a King acting as an impartial and honest judge and a brilliant chapter in the history of judiciary of Maharashtra and medieval India.