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    The document summarizes key points about laws and the rule of law from a school textbook. It provides examples of the rule of law being upheld, such as equal punishment under law for corruption regardless of status. It also notes two reasons historians give for why the British cannot be said to have introduced the rule of law to India: colonial laws were arbitrary and Indian nationalists played a role in developing India's legal system. The passage describes how women's groups worked to pass a law against domestic violence by collecting case reports, drafting bills, and making submissions to parliamentary committees. Finally, it explains that pre-independence India followed British-imposed rules rather than laws seen as just and authorized by Indians.

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    The document summarizes key points about laws and the rule of law from a school textbook. It provides examples of the rule of law being upheld, such as equal punishment under law for corruption regardless of status. It also notes two reasons historians give for why the British cannot be said to have introduced the rule of law to India: colonial laws were arbitrary and Indian nationalists played a role in developing India's legal system. The passage describes how women's groups worked to pass a law against domestic violence by collecting case reports, drafting bills, and making submissions to parliamentary committees. Finally, it explains that pre-independence India followed British-imposed rules rather than laws seen as just and authorized by Indians.

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    Brilliant Public School Seepat Road, Bahatarai Bilaspur SPL Chapter-4 Understanding Laws

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    Brilliant Public School

    Seepat Road , Bahatarai


    Bilaspur
    SPL Chapter- 4
    Understanding Laws
    1. Write in your own words what you understand by the term the ‘rule of law’. In your response include
    a fictitious or real example of a violation of the rule of law.

    Answer: The rule of law is a provision of the Indian Constitution that states that all people in
    independent India are equal before the law. Every law is equal for every citizen in the country. Neither
    the President or any other high official is above the law. The punishment for any crime committed will
    be the same for every person, irrespective of post or power. For example if a Clerk is punished for
    corruption, the same punishment needs to be given to a higher Official or Minister for committing the
    same crime of corruption.

    2. State two reasons why historians refute the claim that the British introduced the rule of law in India.

    Answer: Two reasons why historians refute to claim that the British introduced the rule of law in India
    are:

    i) The colonial law was arbitrary


    ii) The Indian Nationalists played a prominent role in the development of the legal sphere in
    British India

    3. Re-read the storyboard on how a new law on domestic violence got passed. Describe in your own
    words the different ways in which women’s groups worked to make this happen.

    Answer: The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 was passed with an aim to protect
    women against any kind of violence, be it physical or verbal. Various women’s groups worked to make
    this happen by reporting multiple cases of domestic violence to the various forums. A group of lawyers,
    law students and activists worked together for drafting the Domestic Violence (Prevention and
    Protection Bill). Other than this, various Women organisations, National Commission for Women made
    submissions to the Parliamentary Standing Committee. All these actions taken by women, together
    made the Government pass the bill against domestic violence.

    4. Write in your own words what you understand by the following sentence on page 44-45: They also
    began fighting for greater equality and wanted to change the idea of law from a set of rules that they
    were forced to obey, to the law as including ideas of justice.

    Answer: India before independence was forced to follow the rules set by the British Government. These
    set of rules were arbitrary and were not authorised by the Indian nationalists. Hence the freedom
    struggle against the Britishers also aimed at making a set of rules that were fair and just for all and were
    not just imposed on the Indians to follow. The Indian Nationalists began to fight for their rights and
    wanted a set of rules that were equal for all.

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