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Description
This inspiring Autobiography, set against the pre-independence backdrop of turbulent India, it is anostalgic memoir. The author recounts his growing up years upto his attaining the esteemed post of Chief Justice of Punjab &Haryana and Calcutta High Courts, a journey which has been long, circuitous and sometimes very painful. He has unraveled the life that he went through that had its own fantsies and heartbreaks and this book can make one feel the indomitable spirit which sustained him through desperate circumstances. This is a classic tale of a person who fought and triumphed against all odds.
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Author details
After obtaining the degree of Barriester at Law from Honb'le Society of Lincoln's Inn (U.K), in the year 1955, started practice as a young Advocate in Gurgaon District Courts and then shifted practice to the then Punjab High Court at Chandigarh. After the formation of the State of Haryana, he was elected Member of the First Legislative Assembly of the Haryana State in the year 1967. He was appointed Advocate General of Haryana in the year 1969. During the imposition of Emergency in the year 1976 was transferred to the Karnataka High Court and after lifting of Emergency and the change of Central Government returned to the Punjab and Haryana High Court in July 1977 wherein he was appointedas Chief Justice in the year 1987. He then on transfer took over as Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court in November 1987. Thjereafter he resigned from that post in May 1988, althoug, in normal course, he was to retire in June 1992 and is now leading a happy and contented life withy his family.
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