Which of the following court passed the judgement in the case of Pakala Narayana Swami v/s. Emperor ?
Pakala Narayana Swami v. Emperor (1939) was decided by the Privy Council on appeal from the Madras High Court. It explained the words "circumstances of the transaction" in…
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Which of the following court passed the judgement in the case of Pakala Narayana Swami v/s. Emperor ?
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Pakala Narayana Swami v. Emperor (1939) was decided by the Privy Council on appeal from the Madras High Court. It explained the words "circumstances of the transaction" in section 32(1) of the Indian Evidence Act and defined a confession as a statement admitting the offence or substantially all its facts.
The Supreme Court and the Federal Court did not decide it, and it did not come from Calcutta.
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