Question

India has ratified the international covenant on Civil and Political Rights which came into force in 1976 and is bound by the International obligation to provide free legal assistance as per the requirements of the covenant. The Supreme Court of India has adopted the method of giving effect to International legal obligations when these obligations exist in the Indian legal system expressly the court also recognised international legal obligations as part of the law of the land where Indian law can be harmoniously interpreted as in conformity with international law".