Nani Palkhivala The Courtroom Genius

A wonderful book that describes how great the greatest advocate the country has ever seen was! A book worth reading not just for lawyers and law students but also for the aware citizen who wants to understand how constitutional law has evolved in India!

As a professional with no background or training in law, I found this book very interesting. The book came in generous packaging and was received in perfect condition. The book has been well-researched and has an extensive bibliography. It gave leads to two most precious books which I am going to read.

Great book to understand some important in court debates of some important cases

Must read book everyone

If you haven't read about Nanabhoy A. Palkiwala, your education in law is incomplete. This book encapsulates the various cases and the approach Nani Palkiwala adopted to argue and counter, his work ethics and his central core of morality which he never gave up, his penchance for particulars and his ability to remember facts and figures with his photographic memory. An absorbing read both for the legal professional and for those interested in law, this book will not disappoint. A must have in your library.

Nani Palkhivala was not a born genius as would be evident from the fact that he failed to clinch the job of a lecturer in English literature at Bombay University. But he transformed himself into a genius - he had no foundation in economics or finance, but became the best tax lawyer of the country. He had stammering problem since childhood, but he was the best orator of his times, the courtrooms saw. He argued all the most complicated and most important cases of India's legal history. He had no foundation in political theory, but was, beyond doubt, the best constitutional lawyer of the country. There was a time when some judges out of jealousy tried to ignore him, snub him (read M. Hidayatullah's "My Own Boswell), but later on, there used to remain pin drop silence whenever Palkhivala spoke. And this book is about that story as to how by sheer hard work and determination, a mediocre can become a genius, and of-course, achieve success. I have always been thinking that people who should have written about their illustrious life, never wrote an autobiography. Absence of Palkhivala's autobiography is a void that cannot be fully filled, but this book makes the most honest attempt to fill that void to a certain extent.

This is one of the finest book in legal literature of india. Story of a genius! Nani was once in a century born kind of human.😊 The insight on major constitutional cases are really very well explained. Due research by sorjrabjee sir is commendable. I request publisher to bring down prices in order to increase it's affordability. Thanks To Late sorabjee sir.

Life of Naki Palkhivala is described.

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