Case That Shook India, The (PB)

Well return book with good capture of details at every stage.

A must read book for every person particularly lawyers and students of law.

"About twenty-eight years ago while the world slept, India had awakened to freedom. This fateful night, free India was sleeping in oblivion as the country was being transformed from a working democracy into a police state." This book is an example of to what low extent can people lose their minds! This is very well written on the context and events that led to the Emergency. It is an absolute thriller. You get jitters while reading through the most anticipated chapters - the ones with the verdicts and the one on happenings outside courts. Though this is a long & quite a complicated judicial issue and mostly are events in the courts but the author has written it in quite an organized manner which is simple enough for common man to understand and yet is a marvelous reference for all law people. But this is on the proceedings leading to the emergency and on the Supreme Court case until the verdict. It doesn’t cover what all happened and conspired in those 2 years of darkness. For that we surely have other books to refer to. And this is what makes it all the more critical for us to read because only a few people were present during the court proceedings in High court and it was already emergency during the Supreme Court proceedings; so nothing could be published because of press censorship! The author being present in person has first hand details on what all transpired in there. Emergency was an important phase in Indian history and very meticulously it has been removed from the education systems. As rightly said in this book, this emergency, in one way, made democracy stronger than ever in India. Only after losing fundamental rights did the people understand the meaning of freedom. Most of us were not even born then and it’s very important for us to know how it all happened and what all had happened during emergency and how it ended. Finally verdict was in the court of people - “Guilty” as charged ! I have said this before and I am saying this again, Indian history didn’t start only with Alexander’s Invasion or the Mughals’ or British’s and has never stopped with Independence. It continues ...

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Our younger generation should know facts mentioned in this book for a correct perspective of recent history. This will make them understand political scenario a bit better. A must read. Well written in an easy readable style.

This is honesty an interesting book and gives a great insight of the case. Language is simple and easy creating more interest. If you have interest in politics then this book is surely for you✌💯

The book provides a detailed account of the election petition against Indira Gandhi in Allahabad HC and the arguments advanced by both the sides. More importantly it also gives a detailed account of the appeal in the Supreme Court, the arguments and proceedings, which were not covered in the press at the time due to censorship. It also gives a brief account of the events which transpired on the political scene as a result of the decisions in the case. A very helpful book for lawyers and legal scholars and enthusiasts. However, laypersons will find it a bit more technical.

Excellent narration, I was interested in both side's arguments and I enjoyed reading it. Value for money.

The real truth of Taj Mahal with proof

To read a riveting non-fiction in this form is a privileged experience while keeping in mind that it is a narrative as seen in first person with the front row seat in the battlefront. Indira Gandhi was a mother goddess. The book shows how the wily and sharp cross examination of Shanti Bhushan nailed the lies of this mother goddess in open court. In India we tend to revere and bend to authority since the British left. Its marvellous to know through this book how few men kept their backs straight and argued a case which even they did not believe that they would win. After all, they were against the Indira Gandhi. Prashant Bhushan has preserved for posterity a record that the government would have wanted to erase. Try finding this case in law journals and you'll know what I mean. I am a proud holder of this book and its worth every little penny I paid in having it shipped from US to India.

Very clear narration of the country and its political situation.