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Volume : III, Issue : IV, May - 2013 CRIMES AND PUNSIHMENTS : COURT PROCEEDINGS OF VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TAMIL COUNTRY G.THYAGARAJAN Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The legal treatise of the Vijayanagar Empire was formulated by Saint
Vidhyaranya. Based on it, the Judicial system of the Vijayanagar Empire functioned well
not only in the Imperial and provincial level especially in Tamil Country. It outlines the
punishments needed to be given to every type of crimes committed by law breakers. It
lays down the governing principles to administer justice all throughout the Empire. The
Empire was also administered on the basis of Hindu dharmasastras. Vedas were the main
sources of the prevailing law. Dharmasastras were based on the Vedas but they were
mere codifications of the customary laws of the land. It is believed that the Hindu law was
not made by man but the legacy of the God and that man could not either alter or remove
them. The state, which was the repository of all sovereign power, had only to enforce the
laws to prevent crimes at major or minor level. Punishments were strictly adhered to
prevent the recurrence of crimes. The crimes against the State was dealt with deadly
punishment. Appeals are allowed to minor crime doers. The main aim of the punishment
was to establish law and order. Provincial level and local level judicial courts functioned
well in the Tamil Country under Vijayanagar Rule. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : G.THYAGARAJAN, (2013). CRIMES AND PUNSIHMENTS : COURT PROCEEDINGS OF VIJAYANAGAR EMPIRE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TAMIL COUNTRY. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. IV, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/2382.pdf References : - Vavilla Ramasamy Sastri, (tr&ed.), Amuthamalyada of Krishnadevaraya, Veda Venkatesa Sastri Bhavan, Madras ,1997 Conto IV, verse 206.
- ARE (Annual Report on Epigraphy), 304 of 1910.
- ARE, 1446 of 1940.
- ARE 240 of 1906; SII,(South Indian Inscriptions) Vol .XXII, No. 240,pp. 189-190.
- Robet Sewell, A Forgotten Empire (VIjayanagar), A Contribution to the History of India, Asian Educational Services, New Delhi, 1984 p. 389.
- ARE, 353 of 1912.
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