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The Case that Shook India: The Verdict That Led to the Emergency

Author : Prashant Bhushan
Publisher : Penguin Random House India
ISBN 13 : 9386495872
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Case that Shook India: The Verdict That Led to the Emergency written by Prashant Bhushan and published by Penguin Random House India. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 12 June 1975, for the first time in independent India's history, the election of a prime minister was set aside by a high court judgment. The watershed case, Indira Gandhi v. Raj Narain, acted as the catalyst for the imposition of the Emergency. Based on detailed notes of the court proceedings, The Case That Shook India is both a significant legal and a historical document. The author, advocate Prashant Bhushan, provides a blow-by-blow account of the goings-on inside the courtroom as well as the manoeuvrings outside it, including threats, bribes and deceit. As the case goes to the Supreme Court, we see how a ruling government can misuse legislative power to save the PM's election. Through his forceful and gripping narrative, Bhushan vividly recreates the legal drama that decisively shaped India's political destiny.

Case That Shook India

Author : Prashant Bhushan
Publisher : Penguin Enterprise
ISBN 13 : 9780143442646
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Case That Shook India written by Prashant Bhushan and published by Penguin Enterprise. This book was released on 2018 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 12 June 1975, for the first time in independent India's history, the election of a prime minister was set aside by a high court judgment. The watershed case, Indira Gandhi v. Raj Narain, acted as the catalyst for the imposition of the Emergency. Based on detailed notes of the court proceedings, The Case That Shook India is both a significant legal and a historical document. The author, advocate Prashant Bhushan, provides a blow-by-blow account of the goings-on inside the courtroom as well as the manoeuvrings outside it, including threats, bribes and deceit. As the case goes to the Supreme Court, we see how a ruling government can misuse legislative power to save the PM's election. Through his forceful and gripping narrative, Bhushan vividly recreates the legal drama that decisively shaped India's political destiny. 'Not just of historical interest . . . many of these issues are back in focus today' Mint 'An invaluable historical document . . . being re-issued when new questions are being asked about the independence of the judiciary from the PMO' Caravan 'Of general interest [with] contemporary resonances' India Today 'Bhushan reminds the public about how a democracy can go wrong, so that we remain vigilant' Hans India

The Case that Shook India

Author : Prashant Bhushan
Publisher : New Delhi : Vikas Publishing House
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Case that Shook India written by Prashant Bhushan and published by New Delhi : Vikas Publishing House. This book was released on 1978 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sensational trial of the election petition, filed by Raj Narain to challenge the election of Indira Nehru Gandhi in the 1971 parliamentary election at the Allahabad High Court, and the consequent Supreme Court appeals.

The Case That Shook the Empire

Author : Raghu Palat
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9389000297
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Case That Shook the Empire written by Raghu Palat and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-23 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 30 April 1924. At the Court of the King's Bench in London, the highest court in the Empire, an English judge and jury heard the case that would change the course of India's history: Sir Michael O'Dwyer, the former Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab – and architect of the infamous Jallianwala Bagh massacre – had filed a defamation case against Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair for having published a book in which he referred to the atrocities committed by the Raj in Punjab. The widely-reported trial – one of the longest in history – stunned a world that finally recognized some of the horrors being committed by the British in India. Through reports of court proceedings along with a nuanced portrait of a complicated nationalist who believed in his principles above all else, The Case That Shook the Empire reveals, for the very first time, the real details of the fateful case that marked the defining moment in India's struggle for Independence.

The Case that Shook India

Author : Prashant Bhushan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780670090051
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Case that Shook India written by Prashant Bhushan and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

10 Judgements That Changed India

Author : Zia Mody
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 8184759533
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book 10 Judgements That Changed India written by Zia Mody and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was Shah Bano and why was her alimony pertinent to India’s Secularism? Does the fundamental right to life include the right to livelihood and shelter? Where there is the right to live, is there also the right to die? How did Bhanwari Devi’s Rape help define sexual harassment at the workplace? Here are the Supreme Court's ten pivotal judgements that have transformed Indian democracy and redefined our daily, lives. Exploring vital themes such as custodial deaths, reservations and environmental jurisprudence, this book contextualizes the judgements, explains key concepts and maps their impacts. Written by one of India's most respected lawyers, Ten Judgements That Changed India is an authoritative yet accessible read for anyone keen to understand India's legal system and the foundations of our democracy.

Red-Handed

Author : Souvik Bhadra
Publisher : Rupa Publications India
ISBN 13 : 9788129134813
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Red-Handed written by Souvik Bhadra and published by Rupa Publications India. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Good Girls

Author : Sonia Faleiro
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 0802158218
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Good Girls written by Sonia Faleiro and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a summer night in 2014, Padma and Lalli went missing from Katra Sadatganj, an eye-blink of a village in western Uttar Pradesh. Hours later they were found hanging in the orchard behind their home. Who they were, and what had happened to them, was already less important than what their disappearance meant to the people left behind. Slipping deftly behind political maneuvering, caste systems and codes of honor in a village in northern India, The Good Girls returns to the scene of their short lives and shameful deaths, and dares to ask: What is the human cost of shame?

The Disruptor

Author : Debashish Mukerji
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 935489416X
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book The Disruptor written by Debashish Mukerji and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2021-12-08 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Once you start reading, it's almost impossible to put this book down. This is not simply a biography - it is a serious work of history.' - Karan Thapar 'An admiring and admirable account of the life of a very complex public personality.' - Jairam Ramesh Vishwanath Pratap Singh, India's seventh Prime Minister, struck Indian politics with the force of a tornado. Primarily remembered for implementing the recommendations of the Mandal Commission report, which provided reservations in Central government services for the first time to the Other Backward Classes, he deserves a place in history for much more-from conducting raids on the biggest business houses of his time when he was finance minister, to investigating murky defence deals as defence minister (which cost him his job); bringing together a divided Opposition to form an unlikely coalition government at the Centre comprising the BJP and the communist parties, to spearheading the biggest airlift evacuation in Indian history-of Indians stranded in Kuwait during the first Gulf War. V.P. Singh weathered repeated crises during his eleven-month prime ministerial tenure: the rise of insurgency in Kashmir, starting with the kidnapping of his home minister's daughter by terrorists; L.K. Advani's rath yatra in support of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, which led to communal riots; and, above all, the backlash that followed the Mandal Commission report's implementation. Known for his integrity and honesty, V.P. Singh ended up antagonizing both the Congress and the BJP--perhaps one of the reasons he has not been given the posthumous attention he deserves. The Disruptor is a richly detailed account of his extraordinarily eventful life, told in the context of his times.

The Emergency

Author : Coomi Kapoor
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9352141199
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book The Emergency written by Coomi Kapoor and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A searing indictment of the suspension of democracy In June 1975, a state of Emergency was declared, where civil liberties were suspended and the press muzzled. In the dark days that followed, Coomi Kapoor, then a young journalist, personally experienced the full fury of the establishment. Meanwhile, Indira Gandhi, her son Sanjay and his coterie unleashed a reign of terror that saw forced sterilizations, brutal evictions in the thousands, and wanton imprisonment of many, including Opposition leaders. This gripping eyewitness account vividly recreates the drama, the horror, as well as the heroism of a few during those nineteen months when democracy was derailed.

The Cases that India Forgot

Author : Chintan Chandrachud
Publisher : Juggernaut Publication
ISBN 13 : 9789353450823
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book The Cases that India Forgot written by Chintan Chandrachud and published by Juggernaut Publication. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a state Legislature imprison a critic and summon a high Court judge to appear before it? Are religion-based personal laws above fundamental Rights? Why did the Punjab police organize a band to celebrate the defeat of the state in a case of sexual harassment? Is it legal for the government to arm untrained private citizens to participate in counter-insurgency operations? How did Parliament come to pass the first Amendment to the Constitution allowing for caste-based reservations? And why did the Supreme Court acquit a rape accused on the basis of the victims sexual history? In this book, constitutional expert chintan chandrachud takes us behind the scenes and tells us the stories of ten extraordinary and dramatic legal cases from the 1950s to the present day that have all but faded from public memory. Written in a lively, riveting style, this book has a cast of characters that includes the who s who of the Indian legal system. It also paints an unexpected picture of the Indian judiciary: the Courts are not always on the right side of history or justice, and they don t always have the last word on the matters before them. This entertaining book is an incisive look into the functioning of Indian institutions.

In Hot Blood

Author : Bachi J. Karkaria
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789386228277
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book In Hot Blood written by Bachi J. Karkaria and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mr and Mrs Jinnah

Author : Sheela Reddy
Publisher : Random House India
ISBN 13 : 0143439669
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Mr and Mrs Jinnah written by Sheela Reddy and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mohammad Ali Jinnah was forty years old, a successful barrister and a rising star in the nationalist movement when he fell in love with pretty, vivacious Ruttie Petit, the daughter of his good friend, the fabulously rich Parsi baronet, Sir Dinshaw Petit. But Ruttie was just sixteen and her outraged father forbade the match. However, when she turned eighteen, they married. Bombay society was scandalized, and Ruttie and Jinnah were ostracized. It was an unlikely union that few thought would last. But Jinnah, in his undemonstrative, reserved way, was unmistakably devoted to his beautiful, wayward child-bride. And Ruttie, on her part, worshipped him, and could tease and cajole the famously unbending Jinnah. But as tumultuous political events increasingly absorbed him, Ruttie felt isolated and alone, cut off from her family, friends and community. She died at twenty-nine, leaving behind her daughter, Dina, and her inconsolable husband, who never married again. Sheela Reddy uses never-before-seen personal letters of Ruttie and her close friends as well as accounts left by contemporaries and friends to portray this marriage that convulsed Indian society. A product of intensive and meticulous research in Delhi, Bombay and Karachi, this is a must-read for all those interested in politics, history, and the power of an unforgettable love story.

Swift Horses Sharp Swords: Medieval Battles Which Shook India

Author : amit agarwal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (922 download)

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Download or read book Swift Horses Sharp Swords: Medieval Battles Which Shook India written by amit agarwal and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider view of one of the bloodiest conquest of the world.5000 BCE:Indians built first planned cities on earth and built homes for 80000 people in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro. India was numero uno in urban planning, sophisticated drainage systems, advanced supply systems, baked brick houses, great baths and granaries and innovative techniques and metallurgy . 500 CE:India was basking through the golden period making stupendous progress in Science, astronomy, Literature and architecture with whole world looking up to India .1200 CE :India was reduced to a vassal state and became a source for never ending supply of slaves and wealth, reducing the Hindu population by 80 million at one count. What had gone wrong in these five or six centuries? What mistakes Indians have committed to deserve this inhuman degradation? Was anything wrong in their religious and cultural viewpoint that made Hindus lose repeatedly?Why could not they think of making something like Great Wall of China to keep the invasions at bay despite having all the money and skills?Why Turks were so interested in India? Why was there a mad scramble among them to invade India?What India had or didn't have which attracted them in hordes?Why did they burn whole cities and wiped out whole population even after winning?Because for Hindus, it was a game while for Turks, it was a war, a bloody war.To be won at any cost. This is also the story of the brave warriors who resisted them heroically. Raja Dahir. Lalitaditya. Pulakeshin. Nayaki Devi. Jaipal. Suhel Dev. Prithvi RajAnd the list goes on.

Legal Eagles

Author : Indu Bhan
Publisher : Random House India
ISBN 13 : 8184007191
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Legal Eagles written by Indu Bhan and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harish Salve failed his CA exam twice. Mukul Rohatgi was unable to secure a place at the Law Faculty, Delhi University. Rohinton Nariman was trained to become a Parsi priest. Legal Eagles examines the lives and times of India’s top seven lawyers, who fought some of the country’s landmark courtroom battles. Tracing their journey from their childhood days to the present, the book highlights the important milestones of their careers, their victories and failures, their influences, and their work ethic and role models, demonstrating that the path to success is paved with determination, grit and challenges. Journalist Indu Bhan gives a ringside view of the most significant case handled by each of these lawyers, including the Vodafone tax case, Coalgate and the 2G spectrum controversy, among others.

Inglorious Empire

Author : Shashi Tharoor
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780141987149
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book Inglorious Empire written by Shashi Tharoor and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inglorious Empire' tells the real story of the British in India from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj, revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India. In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes on and demolishes this position, demonstrating how every supposed imperial "gift" - from the railways to the rule of law -was designed in Britain's interests alone. He goes on to show how Britain's Industrial Revolution was founded on India's deindustrialisation, and the destruction of its textile industry.

The Sheena Bora Case

Author : Manish Pachouly
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 8193600940
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book The Sheena Bora Case written by Manish Pachouly and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manish Pachouly is a Mumbai-based senior journalist with more than two decades of experience in print media. He has worked with Mid-Day, the Times of India group and Hindustan Times. At HT he was heading the crime and legal team in Mumbai. As an investigative journalist, he broke many stories on cricket betting racket, major income tax raids and hawala operations.