INDIA’S CRIMINAL LAW
PRIVILEGES TO EUROPEANS ABOLITION BY PARLIAMENT NZPA—Copyright NEW DELHI, Mar. 28. The Indian Parliament to-day passed without debate a Bill abolishing existing discriminations in favour of British and other Europeans and Americans in the criminal law of India. The passage of the Bill took less than five minutes, and was loudly cheered by the House. The Home Minister, Sardar Patel, moving the Bill, said: “ Now that the country is free, the focus of racial discrimination must disappear from the Statute Book.” The passing of the Bill marked the final step in the removal of nearly two centuries of special privileges for Europeans. The main privileges allowed were special treatment in prison and the right to demand a jury composed of their own nationals.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27043, 30 March 1949, Page 5
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