17
Mar 2025
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Drama Classes for Kids
Mayoor Private School, 42nd St. Al Wathba South, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Juggernaut,
Royal Opera House, Mumbai and Avid Learning present a panel discussion around
Author, Journalist and Columnist Bachi Karkaria's new book - In Hot Blood:
The Nanavati Case that Shook India. In 1959, a handsome naval commander,
Kawas Nanavati, shot dead his wife Sylvia’s lover and set in motion an
extraordinary set of events. In her laboriously researched book, Bachi
Karkaria gives the most comprehensive account of the Nanavati case and the
Constitutional crises to which it gave birth. To examine the themes and
repercussions of this landmark case and the changing face of jurisprudence in
India,
Join the author of the book and Lawyer and Politician Ram Jethmalani
in conversation with Journalist and Editor of Scroll.in Naresh Fernandes.
"Ram Jethmalani (born 23 September 1923) is a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Senior Advocate (Supreme Court of India) and an eminent professor of law. He has served as India's Union Law Minister and as Chairman of Bar Council of India. He was a Member of Parliament in the 6th and 7th Lok Sabha and has served as Law Minister of India in addition to being the Minister of Urban Development during the Prime Ministership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee against whom he later contested in General Elections of 2004 from Lucknow constituency. Even though he is primarily known as only a criminal lawyer, he has appeared in many important cases concerning constitutional matters. He has also published many books, namely 'Justice Soviet Style', 'Big Egos Small Men', and has also written books on law subjects such as Private International Law, Media Law and Conflict of Laws. On 7 May 2010 he was elected to be the President of Supreme Court Bar Association. "
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