Arun Shourie Biography & Quotes

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“That axiom applies to judgments as much as to the laws themselves.”

Law Judgment Judgement Legislature Laws

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“That is dangerous forgetting, for that judgment deserves as much to be burnt into our consciousness as ADM Jabalpur.”

Law Judgment India Memory

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“So, the courts are our protectors. But on occasion we have to strain to comprehend why they keep looking the other way.”

Judiciary Judges Courts

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“The bail had barely been granted and a faction of the Republican Party of India organized a function in the same hall to felicitate and honour the assailants for having successfully attacked me – a fact that, being merely in the public domain, was obviously not something the court would take note of!”

Law Court Assault Attack Bail

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“Outside the state structure there is just about as much fear of the courts as there is of income tax among our non-salaried class”

Judiciary Legal System Courts

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“The ‘law in books’ v. the ‘law in action”

Law Justice Judiciary Courts

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“Nothing, but nothing happened.”

Justice Injustice Judiciary Courts

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“The courts, and, of course, the support of our readers, were our only dykes.”

Readers Courts

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“But it is also true that sometimes I have had to watch helplessly as the courts could not be persuaded to do what seemed clearly within their power...”

Courts

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“Rulings – or laws – are so far ahead of reality; or if Courts, having decreed a remedy, do not follow up to ensure that it is being adhered to...”

Law Justice Legislature Courts Judgements Judgments Rulings

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“he air we breathe in Delhi this winter is much cleaner than it was two or three winters ago; fewer pollutants are being dumped into the Yamuna. Each of these turnarounds is traceable solely to the directions that the Supreme Court gave.”

Law Supreme Court Courts Judgments Supreme Court Of India

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“That question should have struck the Court.”

Rhetoric Question Courts Rhetorical Question Rhetorical Questions

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“Can we keep up at this pace?”

Law Justice Courts Rhetorical Question Rhetorical Questions

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“Before parting, we place on record our deep anguish …”

Anguish Departure Courts Depart On Record

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“The state structure is marked by – that should perhaps be, ‘marred by’ – kargozari, by the show of work, not work. There is at all times much activity, but at most little movement.”

Bureaucracy Inefficiency

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“In fact, it is a good enough reason to change one’s chairs from time to time – not just one’s job, one’s profession itself. We then get to see things that have become so familiar as to seem stale, from unaccustomed, refreshing angles.”

Jobs New Start Professions

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“Consider a device she has used so skilfully in the past: identify the weakness of a man, exploit it. True, the device works and for a long time. But in the end, and the end has come-I don't mean chronologically, of course, but in terms of effectivenessthe ability to manipulate the weaknesses of others does not suffice. You must reckon with your own weaknesses and with how they incapacitate you in dealing with the cruel march of time, of events”

Indira Gandhi

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