Dimensions of Justice

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Description
his lecture series was started by me and my sister Dr Sadhana Desai, an eminent Gynecologist and IVF specialist to commemorate the birth centenary of our father - late Justice Kantilal Thakordas Desai, known as K.T. by the Bar and the Bench. We hoped that in this fashion we could convey his values and his concept of law and justice to the present and coming gener- ations of lawyers and judges. We also hoped to give to the legal profession and the judiciary a glimpse of how eminent men and women in the field of law look at their professional responsibilities or evaluate the questions before them. I hope we have succeeded in doing this to a reasonable extent.
My father was very concerned about the training of young law- yers joining the profession. He tried to help and encourage them, both when he was an eminent lawyer and later as an equally well- known judge. We hope that these lectures have given the young lawyers and law students an opportunity to see and hear some of the famous judges and lawyers of our time.
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Table of Contents
1. Justice K.T. Desai 3
2. Hundred Years of Judging at the Bombay High Court
■Introduction by Justice Sujata Manohar
■Address by Justice Y.V. Chandrachud
■ Address by Justice M.H. Kania
■ Address by Fali S. Nariman
■Address by Soli J. Sorabjee
■Address by Anil B. Divan
■Address by C.R. Dalvi
• Address by Justice C.K. Thakker
3. Actualising Human Rights - Justice J.S. Verma
4. Judiciary and the Media - Justice Ruma Pal
5. Rule of Law: Its Dimensions and Facets - Soli J. Sorabjee
6. The Indian Constitution and Challenges to India's Unity - Lord Bhikhu Parekh
7. The Human Rights Law Confronts National Security Law: The Battle for Procedural Norms - Prof. Paul R. Dubinsky
8. What is Left of Democracy - Justice N. Santosh Hegde
9. The Pursuit of Justice - Lord Harry Woolf
10. Judicial Overreach - A Critique - Ashok H. Desai
11. Fundamental Duties: A Forgotten Chapter of the
Constitution - Justice R.C. Lahoti
12. Time for a Penal Code Fit for India - Lord Lester of Herne Hill
13. The Inability to Agree: The 50's and 60's Dissents of the Supreme Court - Justice R.F. Nariman
14. Law of Medicine and the Individual: Current Issues - What Does Patient Autonomy Mean for the Courts? - Lady Justice Mary Arden
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Author Details
K.T. Desai
Sujata V. Manohar