Contents
Foreword by Upendra Baxi;
Acknowledgements;
Introduction by Sathya Narayan;
I. A SECULAR COUNTRY: THE INDIA OF MY DREAMS
1. Cow Slaughter: The Legal Aspect;
2. Secularism and Law;
3. Secularism, Law and the Constitution of India;
4. India of My Dream-Secularism;
5. Religion-Politics of Separation: Some Thoughts on Proposed Legislation;
6. Badruddin Tyabji and the Indian Pluralism-I;
7. Badruddin Tyabji and the Indian Pluralism-II;
8. Uniform Civil Code: Implications of Supreme Court Intervention;
9. Secularism and the Supreme Court of India;
10. Secularism: Law and the Constitution in India with Special Reference to Judicial Activism;
11. Secular Uniform Code;
12. Was Jinnah Secular?;
II RIGHT TO INFORMATION
13. Right to Information-For an Accountable and Participatory Governance;
III GENDER, LAW, AND JUSTICE
14. Legal Services for Women;
15. Sexism in Law and Justice;
16. Women and Violence;
17. Gender, Constitution and the Courts;
18. Women, Development and Gender Justice;
19. Women and Human Rights;
20. From Shah Bano to Daniel Latifi ;
IV SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RESERVATIONS
21. Reservation of Seats in Legislatures for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes;
22. Social Justice through Reservations and the Supreme Court;
23. Reservations and the Constitution ;
V PROFILES OF A FEW LEGAL LUMINARIES
24. ChiefJustice Gajendragadkar and Industrial Adjudication;
25. Jawaharlal Nehru and the Fundamental Rights;
26. Tilak's Philosophy of Law;
27. Nehru and Federalism: Vision and Prospects;
28. Seervai, Legal Positivism and Indian Democracy;
29. Palkhivala: As I Knew Him;
30. Justice Krishna Iyer's Contribution to Constitutional Law;
VI THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND SOCIAL CHANGE
31. Legal Profession-Its Contribution to Social Change: A Survey of the Pune City Bar;
VII ACTIVIST LAWYERING
32. Legal Activism, Social Action and Government Lawlessness;
33. Activist Lawyering for Social Justice;
34. Judicial Activism for Social Justice;
35. Curbs on Public Interest Litigation: UF Government's Evil Designs;
VIII LEGAL AID
36. Access to Justice: Pattern of Legal Services for Indian Democracy;
37. Some Thoughts on the Legal Aid Movement;
38. Access to Law and Justice;
IX POLICE, PRISON ISSUES, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
39. Electric Shocks to Prisoners;
40. Punishment and Criminal Justice;
41. Liability of a Police Officer for Custodial Death: A Note ;
X LEGAL EDUCATION/LEGAL RESEARCH
42. Legal Research: Relevance to Social Change and Development;
43. Post-Graduate Teaching and Research in Law;
44. Access to Legal Education and Legal Profession in India;
45. Non-Formal Legal Education;
46. Language of the Law;
47. Is a National Law School Necessary?;
Index;
About the Author;
About the Editor ;
About Indian Law Society.