Who was the Judge who presided over Gandhiji’s trial after the withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation Movement?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Justice C.N. Broomfield
Gandhiji was arrested in March 1922 and charged with sedition, and Justice C.N. Broomfield presided over his trial.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.1 Knitting a popular movement … During the Non-Cooperation Movement thousands of Indians were put in jail. Gandhiji himself was arrested in March 1922, and charged with sedition. The judge who presided over his trial, Justice C.N. Broomfield, made a remarkable speech while pronouncing his sentence. ‘It would be impossible to ignore the fact,’ remarked the judge, ‘that you are in a different category from any person I have ever tried or am likely to try.…” |