The Court and the Constitution of India: Summits and Shallows

Written by one of the Supreme Court's most respected judges, this seminal work assesses the collective strength, and fragility, of the Court as an institution of governance in its difficult but exciting journey of nearly six decades.

Indispensable for students and scholars of public law in India, constitutional law, jurisprudence, and political theory, judges and legal practitioners, and human rights activists, this book will appeal to anybody interested in knowing about the judiciary and democracy in India. O. Chinnappa Reddy is former judge, Supreme Court of India.

`Not your standard uncritical paean to the court...a brutally honest assessment of India's highest court by a highly respected insider....a judgment on judgments of the Supreme Court.'---The Hindu

`Chinnappa Reddy's seminal contribution...fill[s] the void in the historical and contemporary understanding of the Indian judiciary.'---Frontline

`It can be said without hesitation that Justice Reddy's contribution to the cause of humanity and to the growth of human rights jurisprudence has been in very significant proportion.'---Late E.S. Venkataramiah Chief Justice of India (1989)

O. Chinnappa Reddy is Former Judge, Supreme Court of India