3 Review(s)

India's Legal System: Can It Be Saved? is a book written by a distinguished and senior advocate who has analysed the flaws of the Indian legal system and provides solutions on how to amend it. Summary Of The Book India's Legal System: Can it be Saved?, published in 2006, is a book that analysis India’s judicial system. The author himself is a jurist and advocate and has seen the workings of the system. After the United States, India has the highest number of practising lawyers. However, the perception of the public about the judiciary is not always positive. Cases drag on for decades in courts and justice is delayed, if not denied. The common Indian faces extreme difficulties if he/she ever gets involved in a court case. The author thinks that it is high time that factors which are responsible for such a sorry state of affairs need to be identified and corrected. The book takes a look at how the Indian legal system developed from the ancient times to the modern. Topics like public interest litigation, judicial review, and activism are also discussed in the pages of India's Legal System. He has also explored issues like untouchability, equality, and reservation in contemporary India. In the last part of the book, Nariman writes under a subheading, The Serious Shortcomings of the Criminal Justice System. As the name suggests, it concentrates on serious inadequacies of the criminal justice system. He highlights the problems that plague India’s judiciary. The second subheading is The Structural Revamp of Court Administration in India, which provides solutions to the problems that exist so they can be rectified in order to have a more efficient and effective judiciary in the world’s largest democracy. India's Legal System: Can it be Saved? is a thought provoking book that evaluates the performance of those who are in the folds of the legal system and what they need to do for the betterment of the system. About Fali S. Nariman Fali Sam Nariman, born in 1929, is an illustrious Indian jurist of the Indian Constitution. Nariman’s autobiography is titled Before Memory Fades. Since 1971, he has been senior advocate to the Supreme Court of India. From 1991, he has also been the President of the Bar Association of India. He was the Additional Solicitor General of India for three years in the 1970s. Nariman graduated with a B.A. in History and Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and then completed his L.L.B  from the Government Law College, Mumbai. He won the Padma Bhushan in 1991 and was nominated as a Rajya Sabha member from 1999 to 2005. In 2007, he became the recipient of the Padma Vibhushan. The author has also won the Gruber Prize for Justice in 2002. Nariman has been married to Bapsi F. Nariman for almost sixty years. They live in Colaba, Mumbai.