Anita Gets Bail
- BY ARUN SHOURIE
- RELEASE YEAR: 2018
- PUBLISHER: HARPER COLLINS
Arun Shourie is a scholar, author, former editor and has been a minister for communications and technology. He has been conferred with Padam Bhushan and Ramon Magsaysay Awards. He is one of the most prominent voices in our country’s public life and discourse. He has written numerous best-selling books.
The author starts the book with a personal event which aptly describes the condition of criminal justice system in our country. Summons were issued in the name of his wife Anita (who couldn’t even stand on her own) regarding ‘a house she never built on a plot she did not own’. The chapter is filled with minute details about court room etiquettes and procedures which he and his wife has to go through.
In the second and third chapters, the author carefully and critically examined the judgements by various courts in Jayalalitha’s disproportionate assets case. This chapter swings between the judgements of Trial Court, High Court and The Supreme Court. After in-depth scrutiny of facts and evidences the author raises a genuine finger towards the infallible nature of judges. The author also throws light on the powers (and misuse thereof) of state when it comes to prosecution.
The book further elaborates a number of lesser known yet important cases with precise headlines relating them to one or the other prevalent problems in our country. This book, through legally sound arguments and case laws will make you question a range of topics such as ‘independence of judiciary’, ‘justice’, ‘procedural laws’, ‘power’, ‘forgotten orders’, ‘corruption in judiciary’, ‘contempt’, ‘judgement writing’, etc.
This book is rich in every aspect of law, ranging from every law subject to discussing about almost every problem prevalent in our legal system. A must read for all the law students.
