Nani Palkhivala: the Courtroom Genius /
by Soli J Sorabjee
- Gurgaon: LexisNexis publication, 2012
- 449p.; 21cm.
Chapters 1. Secrets of Palkhivalas Success Chapters 2. Extraordinary Child and Lawyer by Accident Chapters 3. Meteoric Rise to Legal Stardom Chapters 4. Palkhivala as Defendant The Sampath Iyengar Copyright Case Chapters 5. Constitutional Law Case An Amazing Journey Chapters 6. Income Tex Matters Chapters 7. Indirect Texes Chapters 8. Labour Cases Chapters 9. Representing Indian International Cases Appendix
If ever a colossus strode across the Indian legal arena, it was Nani Palkhivala. After a brilliant academic career, he quickly became one of India's most sought after lawyers and remained at center stage for five decades. Famous for his phenomenal power of concentration and persuasive advocacy, he was a supremely successful lawyer. Early in his career, he authored one of the finest commentaries on the law and practice of income tax. His reputation as a constitutional lawyer is deservedly formidable. Between 1965 and 1995, he argued nearly all important constitutional law cases before the Supreme Court of India: Golak Nath, Bank Nationalisation, Privy Purses, Kesavananda Bharati, (Source:https://www.sapnaonline.com/books/nani-palkhivala-courtroom-genius-soli-j-8180387542-9788180387548)