Last jury trial in india

1. Jury trial was abolished by GOI in 60's.

2. The jury in the Greater Bombay sessions court pronounced Nanavati not guilty with an 8–1 verdict, which was overturned by higher courts, on the grounds that the jury was misled by the presiding judge!

3. The case you have quoted itself speaks volumes as to why jury trials are not suitable in India.

4. The ld. Session’s judge considered the acquittal as perverse and referred the case to the high court. The prosecution argued that the jury had been misled by the presiding judge on four crucial points. One, the onus of proving that it was an accident and not premeditated murder was on Nanavati. Two, was Sylvia's confession of the grave provocation for Nanavati, or any specific incident in Ahuja's bedroom or both. Three, the judge wrongly told the jury that the provocation can also come from a third person. And four, the jury was not instructed that Nanavati's defence had to be proved, to the extent that there is no reasonable doubt in the mind of a reasonable person. The court accepted the arguments, dismissed the jury's verdict and the case was freshly heard in the high court. Since the jury had also been influenced by media and public support for Nanavati and was also open to being misled, the Indian government abolished jury trials after this case.

5. Donot allow us to remind you of instance of US Jury trial gone bad in several cases which were overruled later by Supreme Court (of a State) and what is the general opinion of Jury trial by different States of The United States of America itself !

Sir while jury system itself is time consuming and expensive it doesn't allow judges to come to the heart of the case right away. The good part of jury system is that jurrors are from diverse group and if based on the trial proceedings, jurrors believe that accused should be acquitted then they are free to go. The key is who is making decision ? Don't you think it is good to have more than one person to decide on you rather than having one judge or two or three bench in SC or HC (where my hair can turn grey) until they make their decision. The bad part of this is if the accused is falsely acquitted then this is when Supreme Court Comes in to the role where they have powers to rule lower court decision and i am sure this happens in india also. But don't you think that while most of victims like me are still fishing in lawyers club india they could have been better well off on the hands of the people where they know that law is clearly misused and they would have had better chances to start a new life right away rather then dragging the issue for years and years. I beileve jury system is excellent atleast defendant gets a fair trial chance and judges can do very less about it.