<P> The jury found no place in the 1950 Indian Constitution, and it was ignored in many Indian states . The Law Commission recommended its abolition in 1958 in its 14th Report . Jury trials were abolished in India by a very discrete process during the 1960s, finishing with the 1973 Code of Criminal Procedure, which is still in force today . </P> <P> Without any proper study comparing existing judicial systems and without any effort to improve the system, it was claimed that the 8: 1 acquittal of Kawas Nanavati in K.M. Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra, which was overturned by higher courts on the grounds that the jury was misled by the presiding judge and were susceptible to media and public influence, was the reason . A study by Elisabeth Kolsky argues that many "perverse verdicts" were delivered by white juries in trial of "European British subjects" charged with murder, assault, confinement of Indians . </P> <P> In the Republic of Ireland, a common law jurisdiction, jury trials are available for criminal cases before the Circuit Court, Central Criminal Court and defamation cases, consisting of twelve jurors . </P> <P> Juries only decide questions of fact; they have no role in criminal sentencing in criminal cases or awarding damages in libel cases . It is not necessary that a jury be unanimous in its verdict . In civil cases, a verdict may be reached by a majority of nine of the twelve members . In a criminal case, a verdict need not be unanimous where there are not fewer than eleven jurors if ten of them agree on a verdict after considering the case for a reasonable time . </P>

Is there always a jury in the central criminal court