{"product_id":"9789352777778","title":"Anita Gets Bail: What Are Our Courts Doing? What Should We Do About Them?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCourts 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCourts 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudges 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudges 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers India","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48239557902577,"sku":"9789352777778","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9789352777778_p0.jpg?v=1780354487","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789352777778","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}