The Cases That India Forgot

DETAILS : 

• Author : Chintan Chandrachud
  
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Juggernaut Publication
  
• Publication Date :27 September 2021
  
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
  
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9391165338
  
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9789391165338
  
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 250 g

ABOUT THE BOOK 

Can a state legislature imprison a critic and summon a high court judge to appear before it? Are religion-based personal laws above fundamental rights? Why did the Punjab Police organize a band to celebrate the defeat of the state in a case of sexual harassment? In this book, constitutional expert Chintan Chandrachud takes us behind the scenes and tells us the stories of ten extraordinary and dramatic legal cases from the 1950s to the present day that have all but faded from public memory. Chandrachud paints an unexpected picture of the Indian judiciary – the courts are not always on the right side of history or justice, and they don’t always have the last word on the matters before them. This entertaining book is an incisive look into the functioning of Indian institutions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Chintan Chandrachud is an associate at the London office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and postgraduate degrees from Oxford and Yale. He is the author of Balanced Constitutionalism: Courts and Legislatures in India and the United Kingdom.