Book Reviews
Book Review: Over Ruled, The Human Toll Of Too Much Law: Neil Gorsuch & Janie Nitze
We have in Over Ruled, a book which seeks to bring the age old question about legal systems to the discussion table, how much law is good, too much or too less? Justice Neil Gorsuch, a judge of the U.S. Supreme Court wonders, are the legislatures and executive branch over-regulating the lives of people? While doing so, Justice Gorsuch takes route through an immense amount of information, data...
Book Review: The Constitution We Adopted (With Artworks)
The book 'The Constitution We Adopted (With Artworks)' edited by Vijay Hansaria, Senoir Advocate, was released by former Vice President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, on 19th May, 2025 at Bharat Mandapam. R. Venkataramani, the Attorney General for India was the Guest of Honour. The Book release function was attended by sitting and former judges of Supreme Court, many...
Book Review: The Supreme Codex: A Citizen's Impassioned Defense Of Constitutional Democracy
In The Supreme Codex:A Citizen's Anxieties and Aspirations on the Indian Constitution (Bookwell, 2025), Faisal C. K. presents a compelling collection of 60 essays that serve both as a celebration and a critique of India's constitutional journey. Drawing from his articles previously published in leading Indian newspapers and digital platforms, this anthology offers a mosaic of reflections on...
Book Review: Practitioner's Guide to International Family Law By Anil Malhotra & Ankit Malhotra
The Practitioner's Guide to International Family Law: An Indian Perspective by Anil Malhotra and Ankit Malhotra is a landmark contribution to the evolving landscape of Indian family law in a globalized world. The authors have crafted a work that is as indispensable as it is innovative, serving as a guiding light for practitioners, scholars, and policymakers who seek to navigate the intricacies...
Book Review: The Foresighted Ambedkar Idea That Shaped Indian Constitutional Discourse”, Written By 'Anurag Bhaskar'
When we think of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar as historical personality, it appears as ever evolving like evolution. This book “The Foresighted Ambedkar Idea That Shaped Indian Constitutional Discourse”, written by 'Anurag Bhaskar' is, just an another attempt which furthers the same cause of evolutionary mechanism present in Ambedkar and makes his picture more clear and visible. Most often...
Book Review: Unravelling the Kashmir Knot – Past, Present and Future By Dr. Aman Hingorani
Three decades ago, I read Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. The book's vivid portrayal of partition of the Indian subcontinent and its aftermath left a lasting impression, recounting events like the astrologically influenced timing of independence, the gruesome massacres during the partition, Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, and the immense wealth of the Nizam...
'The Urban Elite V. Union Of India': Book Review
In October, last year, the Supreme Court constitution bench in Supriyo v. UOI unanimously held that there is no fundamental and unqualified right to marry. For most of us, the judgment was like any other judgment of the Supreme Court except for the possibility that it could have canvassed a set of fundamental rights. But members of the queer community had hoped for their lives to be changed;...
Book Review; Horizontal Rights - Institutional Approach
The book "Horizontal Rights - Institutional Approach" by Gautam Bhatia (Hart Publishing (24 August 2023)) is thoroughly reviewed in this article. The book begins by contextualizing the shift from traditional vertical approaches in constitutional law, emphasizing how various jurisdictions are broadening the scope of bills of rights to include horizontal rights. This...
A Man Of Many Parts: Book Review Of Syed Mahmood: Colonial India's Dissenting Judge
In the late 19th-century Colonial India, a district judge, in Raebareli, ordinarily delivered a judgment in the case of Deputy Commissioner Rae Bareli v. Rampal (1884). The judgment involved the interpretation of an issue relating to the law of Mortgages. The judgment was brimming with erudition and was so reasonably constructed that the members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy...
Raju's Way - A Laughter Therapy: Book Review Of Tales Of Law And Laughter By Raju Z Moray
"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you." – Oscar WildeWhen we talk about law, most of the people think that it must be something which the layman won't be able to relate or appreciate much. I recently read 'Tales of Law and Laughter' by Raju Z Moray, who practices law in Mumbai. For more than 30 years he has been a contributor of articles and poems...
The Arc Of Memory: My Life And Times By Murlidhar C. Bhandare: A Delightful Read On Law, Politics, Love & Life
From a humble beginning starting in a one-room family home in Mumbai to ending up in the country's capital, from taking up the cause of Mumbai's workmen as a labour lawyer to earning his stripes as a senior advocate at the Supreme Court representing the political elite of the country, marrying the love of his life and then venturing into public life, enriching the legal discourse in...
Book Review: These Seats Are Reserved: Caste, Quotas: Caste, Quotas And The Constitution Of India By Abhinav Chandrachud
American political philosopher Michael Sandel in his book, The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? raises a fundamental question—would a perfect meritocracy be just? He himself answers the question in negative based on the following reasoning—the meritocratic ideal does not remedy inequality rather justifies it. But inequality, even of the type that results because of...