Fifteen Judgments: Cases that Shaped Ind: Cases that Shaped India’s Financial Landscape

by Saurabh Kirpal

This book examines fifteen judgments that have influenced the financial destiny of India. With significant macroeconomic dimensions, these judgments, when explored, show a long-term impact on the economy. In doing so, judgments from different times of history have been examined to give the reader a flavour of the jurisprudential philosophies at different times in the country since Independence.

Genres: Law, India, Politics

288 pages, Hardcover

Published November 21, 2022

Reviews

[Aditya]

The later judgments could have been better analysed but this is a very necessary book. Court judgements especially those of our superior forums tend to be prohibitively long and extremely difficult to understand and analyse.

The author has done a good job providing the context and just simplifying the main issue involved which I'm sure helps laymen as well as people of a law background reading this.

Personally, i found the first few chapters a lot more interesting, but that is possibly because of the fact that a lot more time has elapsed since those judgments were passed and there is a wealth of material available with which to analyse and critique them.

[Keshab]

The judgements are explained in a lucid and accessible manner. However, I found that the author did not adequately engage with academic scholarship regarding the political economy of the time period so analysed. While I understand this was not meant to be an academic treatise, a bit of substantive engagement with regards to certain concepts (such as Nehruvian socialism) would have gone a long way in making it a more substantive read.

[Shashank]

Very well written summaries of critical judgements in India’s history. The book also provides insights on workings of legal system.
My only criticism is that author tends to be critical of either supreme court or government or both of that time by end of each chapter.