Looking back ; the autobiography of mehr chand mahajan former chief

Dogra Jammu and Kashmir Author : R. Despite the critical role played by the Supreme Court of India, the lives of the judges have never been studied before. This seminal book presents biographical essays for each of the first ninety-three judges who served on the Court from through mid The essays in the book are based on interviews the author conducted with sixty-four of the sixty-eight judges who were alive in the s, and on meetings and correspondence with family members or relatives, friends, and associates of the deceased judges.

An attempt is made to account for why certain judges rather than others were chosen, the selection criteria employed and, to the extent possible in a secretive selection environment, to identify those who selected them. It concludes with a collective portrait of these judges, paying particular attention to changes in their background characteristics—fathers' occupation, education, pre-SCI career, caste, religion, state of birth, and region, over four decades.

The essays also embrace their post-retirement activities. A study of Indian foreign policy under Jawaharlal Nehru, concentrating on the fundamental questions of war and peace. Looks at Nehru's handling of the disputes over the fate of Junagadh, Hyderabad and Kashmir in ; the refugee crisis in East and West Bengal in ; the Kashmir crisis in ; and the boundary dispute with China Working a Democratic Constitution tells a very human story of how the social, political and day-to-day lived realities of the Indian people has been reflected in, and in turn directed the course of, constitutional reforms in the country.

Through the post independence euphoria to the turbulentyears of Indira Gandhi's 'Emergency' and Rajiv Gandhi's brief period of power, the way in which the constitution has evolved to suit the changing needs of the times is an important indicator of India's successful experience with democracy. Granville Austin is one of the world's leading experts on the Indian constitution.

Born on 23 December , an astrologer's prophecy mode his parents keep him away from their sight in the house of Rajput foster parents for the first 12 years.

Since his classic work The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation OUP, , he has been working on this long-awaited book, which not only presents archival sources, but also first-hand interviews with andrare documentation by many of the key political and legal figures of the last fifty years. With its wide historical sweep, and meticulously detailed research, this is Austin's magnum opus described by Fali Nariman as a 'great and compassionate work'.

The clarity and elegance of Austin's writing makes this book not only a necessary but a pleasurable read for anyone interested in comparative constitutional law and the recent political history of India, and for students, teachers and researchers of the subject. Gupta Publisher: Lulu.