Thread by @Areebuddin14

Thread on Nani Palkhivala:

Since law school, I have been reading about Nani, from Keshavananda Bharti to Minority case, everything was worth enough.

Here are some my favourite pieces on Late Nani Palkhivala on his birth anniversary:

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1. Nani was offered the Chief judgeship of the Apex Court in the 1960s, which he declined. If he had accepted the proposal, he would have become the longest serving CJI till date between 1971 to1985.

Here I write for @barandbench

barandbench.com/columns/rememb…

2. On one of his answer papers during his LLB, the examiner wrote, “Frankly, this candidate knows much more than I do.” He was a meteor at the Bar and soon left his seniors way behind

Here I wrote for @YouthKiAwaaz

youthkiawaaz.com/2020/01/the-ma…

3. But who knew that on November 22, 1951, someone from 1,000 km southwards would sue Palkhivala for piracy and copyright infringement. It was AC Sampath Iyengar, an advocate from Madras High Court.

Here I wrote for @barandbench

barandbench.com/columns/nani-p…

4. His famous budget-day speeches started out as an informal gathering where he would dissect the Union Budget for the audience. Its popularity grew to such an extent that hiring of the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai.

thegavelsken.wordpress.com/2020/08/07/nan…

5. Nani Palkhivala’s basic structure doctrine shield against rising nationalism

By M.R. Venkatesh

google.com/amp/s/www.decc…

What Palkhivala argued that day was something like the basic structure doctrine that was laid down—there are implied limitations to the Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution.

- Justice Nariman

google.com/amp/s/www.theq…

Lastly, i remember when I was in college, I organized a small talk on how Nani left an impact on the whole basic structure doctrine.