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In Nathulal v State of Madhya Pradesh (22 March 1965), which legal tradition did the Supreme Court…

In Nathulal v State of Madhya Pradesh (1965) the Supreme Court traced the presumption of mens rea to the common-law tradition adopted in England and accepted in India, under…

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In Nathulal v State of Madhya Pradesh (22 March 1965), which legal tradition did the Supreme Court identify when explaining the usual presumption of mens rea in construing offences?

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In Nathulal v State of Madhya Pradesh (1965) the Supreme Court traced the presumption of mens rea to the common-law tradition adopted in England and accepted in India, under which a statutory offence is read as requiring a guilty mind unless excluded expressly or by necessary implication. The presumption does not come from equity, from Islamic law as once applied by the Sadar Nizamat Adalat, or from a civil-law code.

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