Gita swears in court: We all have often seen in films that in the court room, the judge makes a witness swear on Geeta before taking his statement. Have you ever wondered why witnesses are made to swear on Geeta only and not on Ramayana? Let us know the reason behind this?

According to the information available on the internet, when there was the era of Mughal rulers in India, it was they who started the practice of taking oath by placing hands on religious books. In fact, during that period, the Mughal rulers used to lie for their own benefit, due to which they did not believe the words of Indian citizens.

Keeping this in mind, he started the practice of making the citizens of India take oath by placing their hands on their religious scripture.

The British gave the form of law to the Darbapi system

Till the Mughal rule, the practice of taking oath by placing one’s hand on the Gita was a court custom, at that time there was no law for it, but the British legalized this practice and implemented it in all the courts with the passing of the ‘Indian Oaths Act, 1873’.

Under this Act, people of Hindu sect used to take oath by placing their hands on Geeta and people of Muslim sect used to take oath by placing their hands on Quran. Whereas Christians were made to take oath on the Bible. However, by the time independent India arrived in 1957, this practice was continuing in some royal courts of the country, such as the Bombay High Court.

Oaths Act came into force in 1969

In Indian courts, the practice of swearing by placing one’s hand on a religious text was abolished in 1969. When the Law Commission submitted its 28th report and suggested some changes in the Indian ‘Oath Act, 1873’ in the country.

In its place, the Oaths Act 1969 came into force, thus a uniform oath law was implemented in the country.

Why only Geeta for oath in court?

Have you ever wondered why oath is taken in court by placing one’s hand on Gita, whereas the epic Ramayana is a more popular religious book. The reason behind this is that the life of Lord Shri Ram is mentioned in Ramayana. By reading the book of Ramayana, people get guidance for an ideal life.

But Geeta is such an epic which provides an ideal life to the people. It not only mentions the Mahabharata war, but also describes the kind of conduct a man should conduct to establish truth.

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