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The INA Defence Committee, later the INA Defence and Relief Committee, was a committee established by the Indian National Congress in 1945 to defend those officers of the Indian National Army who were to be charged during the INA trials.
The INA Defense Committee presented a robust defence, arguing that the actions of the INA troops were within the legal framework of the Indian National Army Act, exempting them from the Indian Penal Code and the Indian Army Act.
The INA Defence Committee was a committee established by the Indian National Congress in 1945 to defend those officers of the Indian National Army who were to be charged during the INA trials. Additional responsibilities of the committee also came to be the co-ordination of information on INA troops held captive, as well as arranging for relief ...
The INA Defence Committee was a committee established by the Indian National Congress in 1945 to defend those officers of the Indian National Army, who were to be charged during the INA trials.
The historic INA trials during India's fight for independence. Learn about charges, public support, and the pivotal role of the INA Defense Committee.
The INA Defence Committee was formed by the Indian Congress and included prominent Indian legal figures, among whom were Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhulabhai Desai, Kailashnath Katju and Asaf Ali. The trials covered arguments based on military law, constitutional law, international law, and politics.
Members of the Defence Committee, R. B. Badri Dass, Justice Acchru Ram, and Asaf Ali discussing the charge sheet of the INA soldiers at the Red Fort, 1945. Source: Aditya Arya Archives, Chairman & Trustee, India Photo Archive Foundation.
