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Law has unarguably been one of the most fundamental as well as distinguished feature of any civilized society since the inception of the civilization itself.
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Since ignorance of law is no excuse or everyone is presumed to know the law of the land.
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The Constitution of India, Concurrent List, Entry 25.
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B.T. Murgendra, supra note 1.
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Gupta, R. (2018). The Landscape of Legal Pedagogy in India: Issues and Challenges. In: Nirmal, B., Singh, R. (eds) Contemporary Issues in International Law. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6277-3_41
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