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

Two reasons for the above given statements is as follows:

(a) The first and most important reason is that the colonial rule is arbitrary which means nothing was fixed under British rule and it was instead left to one’s choice or judgment.


e.g: Sedition Act of 1870


(b) Second important reason is that for the development of the legal spheres in British India the Indian nationalists played a prominent role.


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