CONTENTS Foreword v 1. Birthday Felicitations Justice K.A. Nayar 1 2. Human Rights Begin with Children's Rights Justice P. Sathasivam 4 3. The Krishna Iyer's Law Lexicon Dr. Justice AR. Lakshmanan 13 4. An Epistolary Tribute Justice B.P. Jeevan Reddy 17 5. Victimology and Law Justice K.T. Thomas 20 6. A short Glimpse of Justice Krishna Iyer Justice P.B. Sawant 25 7. A Tale of Two Legal Sesquicentenaries in India—1862-2012 Justice Michael Kirby 27 8. A Precis of Justice Krishna Iyer's Contribution to the Environmental Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of India Justice Brian J., Preston 41 9. Domestic Application of International Human Rights Param Cumaraswamy 49 10. Constitutionalism—Some South-Asian Reflections Dr. Kamal Hossain 60 11. Humanising the Law - Remembering Lord Denning at 100-Plus and Felicitating Justice Krishna Iyer at 99 Fali S. Nariman 74 12. Supreme Court's Jurisprudence of Compassion Soli J. Sorabjee 78 13. Human Rights and Access to Justice for the Poor and Marginalized People - A Plea for Activism in Trial Courts Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon 83 14. Food—A Basic Human Right M.S. Swaminathan 100 15. Krishna Iyer's Short but Brilliant Record as Supreme Court Judge T.R. Andhyarujina 106 16. The Rule of Law in India Illusion or Reality Anil B. Divan 108 17. Positive Content of Part HI - The Road to Social Reform Harish Salve 113 18. Justice Krishna Iyer - The Complete Judge LalitBhasin 118 19. And The River Flows On! E.X. Joseph 122 20. Justice Vaidyanathapura Rama Krishna Iyer - A Jewel amongst the Judges Justice J.L. Gupta 128 ix : A SURFEIT OF TRIBUTES TO INDIA'S GREATEST LIVING JUDGE 21. From Social Facts to Socio-legal Visions Celebrating Justice Iyer's Contribution to Socio-legal Practice Dr. Bettina Lange 131 22. Public Rights and Administrative Justice Lalanath de Silva 138 23. A Conversation About the Judges of the Supreme Court of India George H. Gadbois 149 24. Krishna Iyer - A Gentle Giant Professor John E. Bonine 156 25. Human Rights Amdist Widespread Hypocrisy and Excesses Dr. Manish Arora 158 26. 'Compassion on his Sleeve'—Justice Krishna Iyer's Contribution to Public Policy Debate Through the Columns of The Hindu Anand Parthasarathy 163 27. A Letter from Chief Justice about Krishna Iyer Justice U.L. Bhat 172 28. High Priest of the Temple of Justice K. Narayana Kurup 174 29. Some Reflections on Imprisonment for 'Life' Justice M.R. Hariharan Nair 177 30. Should Gentlemen Shun Politics Justice K. Balakrishnan Nair 182 31. Environmental Protection & the Doctrine of Public Trust—A Comment Justice T.V. Ramakrishnan 188 32. Muslim Law on Marriage and Divorce P.K. Shamsuddin 192 33. Can the Constitutional Court Quash an FIR? Justice V. Ramkumar 196 34. V.R. Krishna Iyer - A many splendorous personality Justice C.S. Rajan 201 35. The Fall in Standards V.R. Venkatakrishnan 204 36. Humanist Par Excellence K. Ramakumar 208 37. Fickle-Minded Roman Mob K.L. Varghese 210 38. Is not the Supreme Court Supreme? P.K. Ravindranatha Menon 214 39. The Prophet of Social Justice - Justice Krishna Iyer Anil Xavier 217 40. The Late Chinnappa Reddy's Appreciation of Justice Krishna Iyer Compiled from his Great Work "The Courts and the Constitution of India" P.R. Padmanabhan Nair 221 41. Judicial Aloofness K. Ramachandran 225 42. Remembering Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, A legend and a humanist Vakkom N. Vijayan 227 CONTENTS xi 43. Long Live the Luminary George Merlo Pallath 232 44. Bhullar Judgment Needs Reconsideration Kaleeswaram Raj 234 45. Ratlam to Reality P.B. Sahasranaman 240 46. The Court and the Constitution - A Case that Saved Indian Democracy Dr. Sebastian Paul 243 47. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer—Humanism Unbound P.P. Kanthan 253 48. Role of Indian Judiciary in Aviation Safety Capt. A. Ranganathan 257 49. Peregrinator of a Road Less Travelled Devan Ramachandran 261 50. An Overview of the Judicial Arena K. Jagadeesachandran Nair 264 51. Jurisprudence of Muslim Law and its Development through Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer Dr. Sebastian Champappilly 271 52. Empowerment of Indian Judiciary Abraham P. Meachinkara 275 53. Jurisprudential Thoughts on Medical Law Dr. Pradeep Kodiyath Patinhare 279 54. "To Be Poor in This Land of Daridra Narayana " T.R. Rajan 285 55. The Positive Side of Trial by Media ;'•'/ K. Jagadeesh 287 56. The Individual Choice of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals V. Renju 291 57. Will - When Proof is Necessary? G. Krishna Kumar 294 58. Environment and Human Rights P. Chandrasekhar 298 59. Human Rights Issues faced by the Indian Diaspora Sathyashree Priya. E. 311 60. In Praise of the Status Quo P. Deepak 316 61. The Impact of Globalisation on the Values of the Indian Constitution Gayathri P.G. 319 62. Lighting the Beacon of 'Maveli Jurisprudence'? S. Nikhil Sankar 327 63. Supreme Court as a Guardian of Democracy George Johnson 331 64. Mrithyunjaya Manthra - The Judgments of Justice Krishna Iyer Raajesh Subrahmanian 335 65. Indian Supreme Court and Eradication of Hunger and Poverty Aneetha A.G. 337 Xll A SURFEIT OF TRIBUTES TO INDIA'S GREATEST LIVING JUDGE 66. Qualities Required for the Journey from the Bar to the Bench Ramakrishnan Viraraghavan 346 67. Local Self-Govemment Institutions and Environmental Protection Jayashankar P.G. 352 68. V.R. Krishna Iyer Splendor of Justice and Humanism Dr. M.V. Pylee 36° 69. Justice V.R. Krishnaiyer's Contribution to Indian Criminal Justice System K.N. Chandrasekharan Pillai N.S. Soman 3M 70. Human Rights—Areas Yet Beyond Reach Prof. (Dr.) PJ. Alexander 377 71. Social Justice - A Mirage or Reality Prof. (Dr.) P.J. Joseph 3s8 72. Amartya Sen and the Idea of Justice—Some Random Reflections from an Indian Perspective Dr. K.M. George 391 73. Listening to the Groaning of Mother Earth A Challenge and an Invitation to move beyond Ecology, through Ecofilia to Ecosophy Dr. Varghese Manimala 399 74. Animal Rights Compaigner Dr. U.K. Gopalan 411 75. The Green Mind of Justice Krishna Iyer Prof. M.K. Prasad 414 76. Forgotten Stakeholders of Criminal Justice System L.S. Sathiya Murthy 417 77. Justice Krishna Iyer - A Legal Gandhi Avni Nagaria 422 78. "May be on Another Day" Varijakshan Kodoth 425 79. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer and Expansive Interpretation of Fundamental Rights Nayana Tara B.G 426 80. Euthanasia in India - Still No Mercy Shown Ms. Rajashree Rajasekaran 450 81. "The Quality of Mercy is not Strained"—Why India should sound five Death Knell for Capital Punishment? Varoma Vijayan 454 82. Stricter Laws for Safer Roads Ms. Mimita Vinod Singh 462 83. Death and Justice—Time to Rethink on Capital Punishment Krishna S. 465 84. A La Krishna Iyer Nayana Mohandas Nair 469 85. Survival by Default V. Lakshmanan 473 86. Living with the Living Legend T.V. Swaminathan 477 87. Red Carpet Reception for Corruption! P. PurushotJ\am 482 CONTENTS xiii 88. Justice Krishna Iyer—Women's Emancipation and Empowerment Kalpana Joseph 487 89. A Remembrance - From a Common Man Cherian Eapen 494 90. Unenumerated Rights in Constitution—Where Shall we Draw the Line? Cyriac Tom 495 91. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer - A Living Legend Sanand Ramakrishnan 504 92. A Humble Tribute to India's Karma Yogi - Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer Swapna Sanand 508 93. Long Live Guardian of Justice R. Suresh 511 94. 'Ekalavya Salutes His Dronacharya' Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer Venkatesh Kulkarni 513 95. Certain Musings on Bias Titus Marti Vettom 517 96. Here is a Man; Real Man; Man with Difference! T. Satisan 519 97. Tips on Ship Arrest Procedures in India Joy Thattil 523 98. Spirit of Mankind in Judiciary Prof. M.K. Sanoo 527 99. A Judge Who Has Given Importance to Mankind than Law Prof. C.K. Ramachandran 546 100. The Unknown Krishna Iyer K.K. Shanmughan 549 101. Mould Every Child to be Supreme Treasure Perinilath Shyni 554 102. Humane Judge Par Excellence Ramanathan V. Krishnan 560 103. A Collection of Quotations Usually Used by Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer Chandrika Aravindan 562