India, Feb. 20 -- Few names shine as bright as Justice Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi in the history of India's judiciary. A defender of constitutional morality and a champion of justice, he dedicated his life to upholding the values of equity, secularism, and human dignity.

Seventy years ago, a young Ahmadi started his practice in the trial courts of Ahmedabad and, in 1964, when he was 32 years old, he was appointed as a judge in the civil and sessions court in Ahmedabad. Thirty years ago, in 1994, Ahmadi was appointed the 26th Chief Justice of India in an era of shifting political algebra, expanding macroeconomic landscape, and mounting public expectations.

In his biography, The Fearless Judge, his granddaughter, Insiyah Vahanvaty, paints a vi...