Book Review The Cases That India Forgot by Chintan Chandrachud

Abstract

The book taken up reviewing consists of 10 chapter divided over four parts, namely, Politics, Gender, Religion and National Security. The various issues involved in the course of the book range from electoral mandates to reservation system to sexual harassment and also carry with it issues pertaining to state activities aimed at curbing menaces such as insurgency and extremism. At various junctures, the judgements delivered by the Courts are subject to intense scrutiny by the author who also recollects the responses these judgements received at that time from all fields of the nation. The book also carries a mixture of case laws hailing from the formative years since Independence and also encompasses very recent cases as well. Yet another highlight is the fact that most of these cases have witnessed the attendance of stalwarts of the Indian judiciary and this grandiose list includes the names of HM Seervai, MC Setalwad, Nani Palkhiwala to just name a few. The varying and sometimes contradicting stances adopted by eminent judges and leading lawyers over various cases have also been noted by the author. Altogether, The Cases That India Forgot by Chintan Chandrachud presents a large picture of cases that marked rich and occasionally ironic milestones in the history of Indian judiciary.