Judges of the Supreme Court of India
Title | Judges of the Supreme Court of India PDF eBook |
Author | George H. Gadbois, Jr |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 586 |
Release | 2011-05-02 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0199088381 |
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 1950 through mid-1989. 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 1980s, 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.
Judges of the Supreme Court of India, 1950-1989
Title | Judges of the Supreme Court of India, 1950-1989 PDF eBook |
Author | George Harold Gadbois (Jr.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Judges |
ISBN | 9780199080755 |
This book presents biographies of the first ninety-three judges who served the Supreme Court of India from 1950 to 1989. The essays are based on author's interviews with the judges and their family and friends. They provide an engaging account of the first forty years of the Supreme Court of India.
Judges of the Supreme Court of India, 1950-1989
Title | Judges of the Supreme Court of India, 1950-1989 PDF eBook |
Author | George H. Gadbois |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2018-03 |
Genre | Judges |
ISBN | 9780199469369 |
This book contains biographical essays for each of the first ninety-three judges who served on the Supreme Court of India from 1950 through mid-1989. It is the first close look at these judges, and follows them from their birth to their deaths. An attempt is made to account for why they were chosen - the selection criteria employed and, to the extent possible in a furtive selection environment, to identify those who selected them. The latter represents the first comprehensive attempt to connect the dots between a potential nominee and his ultimate appointment. The book concludes with a collective portrait of them, paying particular attention to changes in their backgrounds - fathers' occupation, education, pre-SCI careers, caste, religion, region, over the four decades.
Supreme Court of India
Title | Supreme Court of India PDF eBook |
Author | George H. Gadbois |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 411 |
Release | 2018-01-25 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0199093180 |
A leading expert on Indian judiciary, George Gadbois offers a compelling biography of the Supreme Court of India, a powerful institution. Written and researched when he was a graduate student in the 1960s, this book provides the first comprehensive account of the Court’s foundation and early years. Gadbois opens with Hari Singh Gour’s proposal in 1921 to establish an indigenous ultimate court of appeal. After analyzing events preceding the Federal Court’s creation under the Government of India Act, 1935, Gadbois 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.
Supreme Whispers
Title | Supreme Whispers PDF eBook |
Author | Abhinav Chandrachud |
Publisher | Penguin/Viking |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Judges |
ISBN | 9780670090327 |
"Gadbois visited India ... conducted over 116 interviews ..."--Front flap.
Supreme Court in Quest of Identity
Title | Supreme Court in Quest of Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Gobinda Dāsa |
Publisher | |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Judicial review |
ISBN |
On the Supreme Court of India, its powers and historic judgments, 1950-1986.
A Qualified Hope
Title | A Qualified Hope PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald N. Rosenberg |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 377 |
Release | 2019-08-29 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1108474500 |
Examines whether the Indian Supreme Court can produce progressive social change and improve the lives of the relatively disadvantaged.