Ignorance of law is no excuse for breaking it’ is one of the essential principles of jurisprudence.
The rationale behind this principle is that if ignorance was an excuse, every person who is charged for any offence or involved in a crime would merely claim that he was unaware of the law in question in order to avoid liability, even though he was well aware of the consequences of breaking the law.
The law enforcement machinery shall come to a grinding halt if ignorance is accepted as a defence.
It can also lead to mishandling of law on the part of law breakers and this can never be the intention of Legislature to protect the law breakers by providing a shield of ignorance.
Regards,
Adv.Shyam Panchmukh
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