Anita gets bail : what are our courts doing? what should we do about them? / (Record no. 31259)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789352777778 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 341.247 SHO-A |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Shourie, Arun |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Anita gets bail : what are our courts doing? what should we do about them? / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Arun Shourie |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | India |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | HarperCollins |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 277 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | INR |
| Price amount | 699.00 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | The judiciary has been the one sturdy dyke that has saved us from the excesses of rulers. But recent events remind us of the cracks that have formed: the quality of individuals apart, even the institutional arrangements that had been put in place to preserve the purity and independence of the institution-the collegium, conventions governing the way cases are to be assigned among judges-have frayed. These cracks provide a dangerous opportunity to political rulers to suborn this institution also. Through actual cases and judgments-of subordinate courts, High Courts, the Supreme Court-Arun Shourie enables us to see how frail and vulnerable this 'last pillar standing' has become. A judge who by a brazen manipulation of facts lets a prominent politician off ... Events and a judgment that let the convicted choose the prosecutor who is to conduct the case against them ... Courts that turn a blind eye to life-and-death reforms even as they preoccupy themselves with trivia ... Courts that deliver ringing judgments and then do not care to look if their directions are being implemented ... Courts that disregard their own judgments on penalizing persons for perjury, for dragging out cases ... Courts that do not think through the consequences, even the predictable consequences of their judgments ... Judges who prevaricate, who look the other way when some of their own fraternity come under a cloud ... A judge who is manifestly unbalanced, judges whose knowledge of the most elementary facts of science is laughable, a judge whose prose even the Supreme Court is unable to comprehend-all of them continue to hand down rulings that affect the fortunes and lives of thousands ... Judges who disregard well-settled principles to such an extent that their colleagues are compelled to make their grave misgivings public... And the non-bailable warrants that are issued for the arrest of Anita, Arun Shourie's ailing wife, for evading summons that were never served, summons that were ostensibly issued for their having built a house that was never built, on a plot they did not own... Through the meticulous examination that is a hallmark of his writing, Arun Shourie leads us through judgments and instances-some hilarious, so many infuriating-and points to things that each of us-judges, lawyers, laypersons like us-can do to retrieve this most vital of institutions. |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Renewals | Date last checked out |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 340 | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | General Stack (For lending) | 06/07/2018 | 341.247 SHO-A | 36129 | 13/07/2024 | 06/07/2018 | Books | |||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 340 | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | General Stack (For lending) | 09/08/2018 | 2 | 341.247 SHO-A | 36118 | 13/07/2024 | 09/08/2018 | Books | 699.00 | 6 | 15/03/2020 |