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............................................................................................................................Description Experiments in Advocacy is a compilation of articles written by Dr Kailas Nath Katju about his long and distinguished career in the legal profession, an example of hard toil against adverse Circ- umstances, which he conquered with indomitable determination and moral strength. An elo- quent speaker, he was capable of giving to the cases he argued such twists and turns that made him famous as a "case winner". He could easily ignite that spark of doubt in the mind of the Bench, which would start a process of thought on the aspect of what in legal parlance is called beyond reasonable doubt. His success was so phenomenal that many of his clients attributed to him magical powers and thought that his mere presence in the court would help them win their case. It is very rare in the history of the legal profession that a lawyer was in the forefront both in civil and criminal law.Having been influenced by Gandhiji, he left his lucrative practice and joined theindependence movement. As a politician Dr Katju displayed his habitual integrity, patriotism, high sense of justice and devotion to the country's interests. Very few leaders have held such varied positions as Minister of Law and Justice in U.E (twice), Governor of Orissa and West Bengal, Home and Defence Minister at the Centre and Chief Minister of M.E. The book is not only a treatise on advocacy but also an exemplary account of leadership in a true democracy.............................................................................................................................ContentsPart 1 - Reminiscences and Experiments in Advocacy• Foreword to Reminiscences and Experiments in Advocacy• Preface to Reminiscences and Experiments in Advocacy• The Story of my Father, Pandit Tribhuwan Nath Katju• How I Began My Life At The Bar• The Story of my First Real Client • Old Friends, Old Memories and New Prospects• Some Leaders of the Allahabad Bar - Pandit Sundar Lal—A Great Advocate - Pandit Motilal—A Giant among Lawyers - Dr. Sapru—My Guru in Every Way - Dr. Surendra Nath Sen - Satya Chandra Mukerji—A Very Lovable Man - My Own Contemporaries - P.L.B.—The Imperturbable - Late Mr. Pannalal - Dr. N. P. Asthana—A Man of Versatile Talents - "Uncle" Nehal Chand - Munshi Gulzarilal —A Great Gentleman - Mr. Sital Prasad Ghosh—A Polished Speaker - Babu Durga Charan Banerji—A Veteran Leader of the Bar - Sarat Babu—A Tragic Figure - Long Live the Allahabad Bar• Law and Lawyers• How to Argue A case in Court• The Game where Stakes are Human Lives• The Unexpected always happens• Sherlock Holmes in India I. The Story of a Spurious Child II. The Story of Handcart Wheels III. The Story of the Trunk in a First Class Compartment• Jawaharlal Nehru at the Bar• What they think of MePart 2 - The Days I Remember• Introduction• Legal Education• I start Practice• At the Kanpur Bar• I go to Allahabad• Civil Litigation in the U.P.• Some Human Dramas• Eves in Courts• The Gotra Cases• Banaras Ghats• Gods and Courts• The Impartible Raj Cases - The Bara Case - The Jaunpur Raj Case• My most anxious time at the Bar• The Saddest one• Never Decline a Compromise• Daughter as heiress• A Fictitious heir• Judicial Fairy-tale• The Ajmer Cases• An Astrological Boost• Maths and Mahants• The Sherlock Holmes method applied in Court• Bribery Cases• Prof. Ram Moorti in Court• A Romantic Case• The Art of Advocacy• Judges and Lawyers• The Ideal Judge• I.N.A. Trial• The Story of a Midnight Journey and the Bullock-Cart• Meerut Conspiracy• The Banaras Raj and the Great Battle of the Gotras• Pandit Motilal Nehru at the Bar and the Lakhna CasePart 3 - Dr. Kailas Nath Katju• Speech by Dr. Kailas Nath Katju• Speech before the Constitutent Assembly of India• Full Court Reference by Mr. K.L. Misra• Dr. Kailas Nath Katju by Justice P.N. Sapru• Dr. K.N. Katju—A Colourful Career by G.O. Srivastava• My Hero - Dr. Katju by Dr. Harish Bhalla• A Brief Note on the I.N.A. Trial by Markandey Katju• Times of Kamalakanta- VermaEpilogue by Col. Valmiki Katju (Retd)Subject IndexName Index............................................................................................................................Author DetailsCol. Valmiki Katju - Col (Retd.) Valmiki Katju, the grandson of KN Katju, was commissioned in the Rajputana Rifles on 11 June 1961. In his 25 years with the Army he participated in active combat operations with the UN Forces in the Congo in 1962-63, in Sialkot Sector in 1965, in Poonch Sector in 1971 and in counter-insurgency operations in Mizorani in 1985-86. A graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, he has authored a book and contributed several articles on military subjects and on South Asia. At present he is Senior Advisor (Environment) with a leading NGO.Justice Markandey Katju - Justice Markandey Katju, the grandson of Dr. K.N. Katju, is presently the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court. He was born on 20-9-46 and practiced in Allahabad High Court before he became a Judge of that High Court and later the Acting Chief Justice of the same High Court. He was appointed the Chief Justice of Madras High Court before he became Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.Justice Katju had an outstanding academic record standing first in every examination for which he appeared. He lopped in the merit list of Allahabad University in LL.B. in 1967.Justice Katju is the author of several books including Law in the Scientific Era and has a wide range of interests including History, literature, philosophy, science, Sanskrit, Urdu, Jurisprudence etc.Dr. Harish Bhalla - Dr. Bhalla is a doctor of medicine, a socio-medical crusader and cultural promoter. He graduated from MG Medical College, Indore. He began his career as a pioneer de-addiction expert fighting the menace of addiction in the country and became a well known face with his popular TV programme 'Andhi Galiyan'. He is regular columnist for the magazine, Outlook and, also, the daily newspaper, Hindustan. He is the founder Secretary General of Dr. KN Katju Memorial Trust, as he has always worshipped Dr. KN Katju as his hero and role model. He is also a well-known promoter and organiser of music preserving the dying forms through International Melody Foundation.............................................................................................................................
