- Author(s): Tahir Mahmood
- Publisher: Universal LexisNexis
- Edition: 2015 Edition
- ISBN 13 9789350355138
- Approx. Pages 426 + contents
- Delivery Time Normally 7-9 working days
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Description
This book briefly speaks of a large number of judges of various levels of judicial hierarehy, State dignitaries with a legal background, law ministers, law officers, lawyers, law teachers, legal scholars and authors, of India and several other countries - both veterans and lesser known - who have according to the author been his inspirers, benefactors, detractors, teachers, classmates, friends, students, colleagues, admirers and critics, at various stages of his life. The account consists of the author's tributes, memoirs, appraisals and personal impressions, about the law men and women he has talked about and their major works.
The book also contains brief introductions of the institutions the author has been associated with, and his comments on a series of significant apex court decisions, from Aziz Ba&ha of 1968 concerning Aligarh Muslim University to Vishwa Lochan Madan of 2014 on the fatwa system and Shariat courts - as also on a large number of Supreme Court and High Court rulings of 1972-2014 in which his own views have been cited.
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Contents
Part I : Inspirations from the Past
1. Syed Mahmood & Ameer All
Immortal Judges of India's Past2
2. PN Sen & Abdur Rahim
Tagore Professors of Religious Jurisprudence
3. HB Sarda & HS Gour
Pioneers of Family Law Reform
4. Muhammad Iqbal
Proponent of Islamic Legal Renaissance
5. Ashraf All Thanvi
Theologian-Reformer of Muslim Law
6. Dinsha Fardunji Mulla
Eminent Lawyer & Case Law Codifier
7. Zafarullah & Hamidullah
Subcontinent's Great Law Brains in Exile
8. Abdur Rahman & Fyzee
Eminent Scholars of Islamic Law
9. Radhabinod Pal & Nagendra Singh
Our Great Judges of Yesteryears
10. Setalvad & Seervai
Our Great Lawyers of Yesteryears
Part II Apex Court Celebrities
1. Shah Muhammad Sulaiman
Great Judge Missed as First CJI
2. Gajendragadkar & Wanchoo
Two Chief Justices of 1960s
3. Mohammad Hidayatullah
Chief Justice & Vice-President of India
4. SM Sikri, Shelat & Others
Judges of Kesavananda Bharati Fame
5. AN Ray & MH Beg
CJIs of Habeus Corpus Case Infamy
6. Chandrachud & Bhagwati
CJIs Realizing Habeus Corpus Blunder
7. Misra, Venkatachaliah & Verma
CJI-Chairs of Human Rights Commission
8. CJIs Ahmadi & Anand
An Elderly Friend and a Classmate
9. Khanna & Krishna lyer
Noble Souls on Apex Court Bench
10. Kuldip, Wadhwa & Bharucha
Sweet and Sour Memories
11. From Fathima to Banumathi
Ladies on the Bench since 1989
12. From Fazal All to Eqbal
Apex Court's Muslim Judges
13. From lyer to Lakshmanan
Judge-Chairs of Law Commission
14. Dharmadhikari, Katju & Kabir
Friends on the Apex Court Bench
15. Ranjan Gogol & CK Prasad
Authors of Muslim Law Rulings 2014
16. Learned Judges Citing My Works
Three Decades of Rare Honour
Part III High Court Luminaries
1. Tatachari, Ismail & Others
Delhi HC Judges of Early Years
2. Rangarajan & Deshpande
Benefactors on High Court Bench
3. Misra, Rohatgi & Goswamy
Memories of Three Noble Souls
4. Rajinder Sachar
Renovator of Gopal Singh Legacy
5. Ansari, Khan & Siddiqui
Judge-Chairs of Minorities Commissions
6. Badar Durrez Ahmed & Others
DU Students on High Court Bench
7. High Court Judges Beyond Delhi
Sweet Memories & Tributes
8. Learned Judges Citing My Works
From Kerala 1972 to Delhi 2014
Part IV Government & Bar
1. Shankar Dayal Sharma & Others
Lawyer-Presidents and Premiers
2. Yunus Saleem, Bhardwaj & Others
Lawyer-Governors & Law Ministers
3. Arif & Ansari
Rajiv Gandhi's Shah Sana Ministers
4. Desai, Sorabjee & Others
Friends among Top Law Officers
5. Agarwal, Jain & Others
Friends among Law Secretaries
6. Singhvi & Latifi
Preeminent Lawyers of India
7. Noorani & Engineer
Distinguished Bombay Scholars
Part V : Academia
1. RU Singh, VN Shukla & Others
Learned Teachers in Lucknow
2. Dean Hafeez-ul-Rahman & Others
Learned Teachers-Colleagues
3. Sir Norman Anderson & Others
Learned Colleagues at Law Institute
4. Lawyer Indira Jaising & Others
Eminent Contemporaries in London
5. Director SN Jain & Others Learned
Colleagues at Law Institute
6. Lotika Sarkar, Tripathi & Others
Eminent Colleagues in Delhi University
7. Madhava Menon & Ahmad Siddique
Aligarh-Delhi Colleagues and Roomies
8. Learned Associates in Amity
Judges, Lawyers & Others
9. My Illustrious Students in Fifty Years
Today's VIPs, VCs and Professors
Part VI Beyond Homeland
1. Sanhouri, Mahmassani & Amin
Distinguished Law Brains of Middle East
2. Ibrahim, Kamali & Hamid
Eminent Legal Scholars of Malaysia
3. Troll, Pearl & Menski
Learned Scholar-Friends in Europe
4. Giesen, Bsteh & Durham
International Academic Partners
5. Ishaq, Peerzada & Hossain
Bar Friends in Pakistan & Bangladesh
6. Cornelius & Bhagwandas
Non-Muslim CJs of Islamic Pakistan
7. Jillani, Rahman & Nasira Iqbal
Friends in Pakistan Judiciary
8. Learned Judges Elsewhere in East
South Africa, Sri Lanka & Nepal
Bibliography
Statute Index Case Index
Name Index
Pictorial Memories
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