Supreme Court of India The Beginnings

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Description
A leading expert on Indian judiciary, George H. Gadbois, Jr offers a compelling biography of the Supreme Court of India, powerful institution. Written and researched when he was graduate student in the 1960, this book provides the first comprehensive account of the Court's foundations and early years. Gadbois opens with Hari Singh Gour's proposal in 1921 establish an indigenous ultimate court of appeal appeal. After analyzing events preceding the Federal Court's creation under the Government of India Act, 1935, Gabois explores the Court's largely overlooked role and record. he goes on to discuss the Constituent Assembly's debates about Indian judiciary and the Supreme Court's powers and jurisdiction under the Constitution. He pays particular attention to the history and practice of judicial appointments in India. In the book's later chapters, Gadbois assesses the functioning of the Supreme Court during its first decade and a half. He critically analyzes its first decisions on free speech, equality and reservations, preventive detention, and the right to property. The book is an institutional tour de force beginning with the Federal Court's establishment in December 1937, through the Supreme Court's  inauguration in January 1950, and until the death of Jawaharlal Nehru in May 1964.
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Contents
Author's Preface
Introduction
1.    Evolution of the Federal Court of India
2.    The Federal Court of India: 1937 - 1950
3.    The New Judicial Establishment
4.    Jurisdiction and Powers of the Supreme Court
5.    The Supreme Court in the Indian System of Government
6.    Judicial Review in a Modern Democratic Welfare State
7.    Summary and Conslusions.
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author and Editors
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Author Details
George H. Gadbois, Jr
taught political science at the University of Kentucky, USA. He had been a close observer of the Indian Supreme Court for more than a half century
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