In Indian context, 'INDIGENOUS JURISPRUDENCE' draws on traditional Ind…

Question

In Indian context, 'INDIGENOUS JURISPRUDENCE' draws on traditional Indian legal thought:

Accepted Answer

C.

1. INDIGENOUS JURISPRUDENCE in India draws on classical Indian legal traditions:
2. (i) VEDAS (sacred Hindu texts) — including Dharma references;
3. (ii) SMRITIS — codified law texts;
4. (a) MANUSMRITI (Laws of Manu) — most famous; criticized by Ambedkar for caste hierarchy;
5. (b) Yajnavalkya Smriti;
6. (c) Narada, Brihaspati, Katyayana, and others;
7. (iii) DHARMAŚĀSTRA — broader category of treatises;
8. (iv) KAUTILYA's ARTHAŚĀSTRA — political and legal treatise from Mauryan period;
9. (v) BUDDHIST and JAIN legal texts;
10. (vi) SHASTRIC RULES of MIMAMSA INTERPRETATION — preserved by modern scholars;
11. (vii) MODERN INDIAN JURISPRUDENCE: Ambedkar's critique; Gandhi's notion of justice; Aurobindo's spiritual jurisprudence; Vivekananda; modern revival.
12. CONSTITUTIONAL DEBATES: extent to which traditional Hindu law should inform contemporary constitutional interpretation is contested.
13. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Indian Indigenous Jurisprudence; Robert Lingat, 'The Classical Law of India' (1973); P.V. Kane, 'History of Dharmaśāstra'_