Abstract
The circumstances in India until the East India Company’s territorial possessions were taken over by the Crown in 1858 necessitated the declaration of martial law on a number of occasions. There were hostile powers like the Mahrattas threatening the safety and public order of the possessions; further the people in these possessions were inclined to rise in rebellion owing to some grievance or other. It was therefore thought expedient to give a statutory basis to the administration of martial law in India, and in 1804 the Bengal State Offences Regulation (Regulation X of 1804) was passed.
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ex parte Milligan. (1866) 4 Wall. 2.
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Minattur, J. (1962). Martial Law in India. In: Martial Law in India, Pakistan and Ceylon. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9292-7_2
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