V R Krishna Iyer
29 books
The essays by Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer present his views on social and judicial issues of importance like judiciary in Kerala, dam safety and water use in the state, free legal aid to poor litigants, Hindu-Muslim unity, cultural degeneracy in sentencing policy. He provides his perspectives on controversial issues and those of contemporary relevance like same sex marriages and the sexual attacks on women in the country.
Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer was appointed ...
Justice Iyer is one of the versatile authors who has written on each and every aspects of law and beyond, maintaining lucidity and depicting ocean deep knowledge of the subject. This book contains articles on variety of topics like Social Justice, Judicial Process, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Terrorism, Jurisprudence, Ind-Pak Relations, Constitution, Contempt, Judges and Judgements, Supreme Court Benches, Politics and Courts, Women Empowerment, Uniform Civil Code, ...
Justice VR Krishna Iyer, over 93, in his book, has highlighted empirical and path breaking judicial, legislative, executive, humanitarian, electoral and various humane episodes. In this book, his campaign for administrative, judicial, police and penal reforms encountered no rejoinder. His anger against crorepatis and criminal parliamentarians is open challenges for public reaction. His limited stay in Indira Gandhi case judgment is historic.
The book A Judge’s Extra-Judicial Miscellany contains articles and lectures delivered by Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer on various subjects relating to law and jurisprudence. There is no fled into which he does not delve with his typical erudite scholarship and offers valuable suggestions on subjects which include fundamental responsibilities of the Bar for its survival as an instrument of justice, the integral Yoga of democratic governance and guarantee of human ...
Is death a wall or a door? is it the ultimate end or is survival a fact with proof? Is communication with deceased persons a phenomenon testimonially established? This book raises challenging issues about discarnate existence.
The author V.R. Krishna Iyer has been a prolific writer. While on the bench of the Supreme Court he wrote great judgements; on superannuation he continued to write on the almost every subject under the sun. Several books have emerged from his pen. A generous and elevated mind, said Dr. Johnson, is distinguished by nothing more certainly than eminent degree of curiosity. Krishna Iyer's curiouisity has this distinguished quality. That is why he has written I ...
An octogenarian- the author is 88 of age-looking back to his younger pages of life reminisces, especially when the vicissitudes of his life are varied and are of public interest. They are less than a comprehensive autobiography but more than a casual anecdotal recollections of the author spanning his days as student, at the bar, as legislator and minister, as judge of the Supreme Court and as a convinced crusader for public causes in the long years spent after ...
Rhetoric versus Reality, a volume in the series New Agenda for Humanity, is in fact a case for making a world where there is respect for the human entitlement to justice, equality, dignity and liberty. The presenter is India’s tallest of the tall legal luminaries, Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and a great voice on the matters discussed here. For the sake of convenience, the study has been divided into two parts, covering ...
It deals with the fravity of the situation created by the pavement dwellers in big cities of India. It has emphasized the necessity for quick action so that calamity of human life can be avoided. It's a crusade against the suffering urban poor.