Justice J.C. Shah was a judge of
the Bombay High Court from 1949
to 1959 and a judge of the Supreme
Court of India from 1959 to 1971. He
retired as Chief Justice of India in
January 1971.The theme of this festschrift is a subject on
which he delivered many keynote judgements which helped
to develop the law in our fledgling democracy. Many of the
authors practised before Justice Shah and have also given
their personal impressions of the judge as well as the man.
Table of Contents
? TITLE PAGE iii
? PREFACE v - vi
? FOREWORD vii - x
? NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS xi - xii
? TABLE OF CASES xv - xxv
? KULDIP NAYAR—A SIMPLE AND FEARLESS JUDGE 1 – 3
? ANIL B. DIVAN—CITIZENS’ RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAW 5-29
? T.R. ANDHYARUJINA—PIL: THE PATH OF DEVIATION AND DISTORTION 31 - 46
? SUJATA MANOHAR—FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS UNDER THE LAW 47 - 54
? GOPAL SRI RAM—THE IMPACT OF INDIAN CASES ON MALAYSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS JU-RISPRUDENCE 55 - 75
? FALI S. NARIMAN—FROM CONSERVATIVE TO LIBERAL: A JUDGE TRANSFORMED 77 - 84
? M.A. RANE—A FEARLESS JUDGE WITH UN-IMPEACHABLE INTEGRITY: SOME MEMORIES OF JUSTICE J.C. SHAH 85 - 94
? M.L. PENDSE—CITIZENS’ RIGHTS AND DE-MOCRACY IN INDIA 95 - 110
? RAJINDER SACHAR—INDIAN DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW 111 - 120
? G.L. SANGHI—A GREAT JURIST 121 - 123
? M.H. KANIA—VICTIMS OF CRIMES: DO THEY HAVE ANY RIGHTS? 125 - 129
? K.K. SINGHVI—RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REMEDIES 131 – 138
? JUSTICE J.C. SHAH (RETD.)—THE RULE OF LAW AND THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION—SIR DORAB TATA MEMORIAL LECTURES 139-200
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