India, Jan. 16 -- "The acceptance of indiscipline is even more disastrous than indiscipline itself."
-Nani Palkhivala
Today marks 100 years of Nani Palkhivala. January 16, 1920, was the day the nation was gifted with a guardian of civil rights. It has been rightly observed by Dharmendra Bhandari in his book that Nani was a God's gift to India.
December 11, 2002 was the day when the country suffered a setback in the legal field. It was not only Palkhivala who left us, but along with him we lost a soldier who has been fighting for the basic rights which we possess today. From Privy purse cases to Kesavananda Bharati, he played an important role in directing the court and saving the doctrine of basic structure.
It is a well known fact that ...