The Calcutta Law Journal Short Notes of Cases Articles and other Matters June 1st 1930

Ile says : “ Martial Law is in short the suspension of all laws but the will of the military commanders entrusted with the execution of law to be exercised according to their judgment the exigencies of the moment and the usages of the service with no. [...] of the term in which it means the suspension of ordinary law and the temporary Government of a country or parts of it by military tribunals is unknown to the law of B-gland 4. He further goes on to say : We have rothing equivalent to what is called in Frarce the " Declaration of a state of siege "under which the authority ordinarily vested in the civil power for the maintenance of order and pea [...] C. that if the memorandum accompanying the deposits of title deeds should contain the terms of the bargain between the parties to the mortgage contract it would require registration with the consequence that without such registration the mortgage could not at all be proved because of the provisions of section 91 of the Indian Evidence Act. [...] This rigorous interpretation of the law filled the commercial circles with considerable dismay as it implied a certain amount of uncertainty as to how far the documentary evidence of the deposit of title deeds should go or as to what words the writing accompanying the deposit should contain in order to steer clear of the mischief of the registration liw and the speedy machinery for raising loans [...] Ilaving indicated the sources of Hindu Law with special reference to the Law book of Manu and the Smritis of Yagnavalkya and Narada the learned author goes on to treat of the personal law (including the law of inheritance) of the ancient Hindus.