The Origin of Qannun-e-Shahadat, 1984: Evolution of Evidence Law in Colonial India and Its Islamization in Pakistan
Author: Zishan Haider Law of Evidence in Colonial India Under Muslim rule in India, a uniform Islamic criminal law governed all communities, guided by texts like Fiqh-i-Feroz Shāhi and Fatāwā ‘Ālamgiri. This system evolved with the British East India Company‘s arrival, initially limited to the presidency towns of Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta. English judges, appointed […]