The great trial - ghandi

THE GREAT TRIAL : MAHATMA GHANDI

Sir J .T . Strangman along with Rao Bahadur Girdbarlal spearheaded the prosecution of Mr . Gandhi and Mr . Banker who apparently were undefended during the trial at the Circuit House at Shahi Bag (The Great Trial Ministry of Information and Broadcasting . A classic of the great trial ' was given by Sarojini Naidu who claimed that there were slight misconceptions of the framed charges which needed to be corrected (The Great Trial Ministry of Information and Broadcasting The Registrar read the charges the offence being written in three

articles which the Young India had published respectively in September 29 and December 15 , 1921 and February 23 , 1922 . The articles were entitled as follows : Tampering with Loyalty , The Puzzle and Its Solution 'and Shaking the Manes . According to the judge , the charge must also be explained as read in accordance to the law . Apparently each case 's charge was designed to draw contempt , disaffection and hatred towards the accused , particularly towards the law-established His Majesty 's Government (created during British India

Under Section 124A , the High Court of Bombay had interpreted words which spoke of disloyalty and disaffection and had literally defined their meaning which obviously spoke of discontent and political alienation to the existing authority (The Great Trial Ministry of Information and Broadcasting . Finally the Judge asked Mr . Gandhi if he to be tried and whether he pleaded guilty or not . Mr . Gandhi answered : I plead guilty on each account of the charge . I merely...