CONTENTS • MESSAGE—Hon'ble Dr. A.PJ. Abdul Kalam (President of India) v • MESSAGE—Sonia Gandhi vii • Preface ix • Nani Ardeshir Palkhivala A Profile xix A Resume xx The Author xxii • Nani Palkhivala's Dream Dr. A.PJ. Abdul Kalam xxiii • Doyen of the Legal Profession Most (Brilliant advocate M.C. Chagla 3 Nani was Tender to the (Bashfut, 'Merciful to the fibsurd Soli ]. Sorabjee 5 Memories of Nani Fali S. Nariman 8 In Memoriam: Nani JZrdeshir (PalQhivala K.K. Venugopal 11 The Highest in Profession Murlidhar C. Bhandare 14 y? genius in advocacy T.R. Andhyarujina 18 Nani X (PaCQhivaCa Goolam E. Vahanvati 22 Jin Outstanding Personality P.P. Rao 27 • Interpreter & Defender of the Constitution One Jimongst the (Best in the 'World Somnath Chatterjee 35 The Late Nani (Palkhivala - A Tribute Ram Jethmalani 39 xiv Nani Paikhivala - A Role Model (PaC^hivaCa and the Constitution of India Soli J. Sorabjee 46 Nani as I see Him Abhishek Singhvi 61 Nani (PaC^hivaCa : Lawyer 'Extraordinary Rajeev Dhavan 64 Some (Personal (jdmpses Anil B. Divan 67 Nani—A Cjreat Indian Lalit Bhasin 74 A ^fmar^aSCe Human (Being Venkat Iyer 76 A tribute Subhash C. Kashyap 84 • Patriot with Secular Outlook Jin Outstanding Citizen Manmohan Singh 89 ^Perceptive Consciousness Karon Singh 90 A TruCy Cjood and great Indian P.C. Alexander 92 A Vibrant Embodiment of atf that is the best in India's Ageless CuCture S. Ramakrishnan 94 • Remembered by the Judges (Reminiscences P.N. Bhagwati 101 JA. Tribute R.S. Pathak 105 —y? (Profound Appreciation V.R. Krishna Iyer 109 A Tribute to Nani (PaC^hivaCa Sujata Manohar 112 Mis tfumitity! Kamal M. Mehta 117 Contents xv Higher than Mortals Vishnu Sahai 120 The Spell of His Enchantment DM. Sen 123 • Corporate Visionary Enormous Contribution to the Tata Qroup Raton N. Tata 127 A (Phenomenon Ajay G. Piramal 128 The Legacy of a Legend: his -precepts and principCes H.P. Ranina 130 A Legendary Life Sucheta Dalai 136 (Remem6ering a Legend T. Damu 140 • Renowned Author and Thinker A Tribute to (greatness C.R. Irani U7 Legends <Do 'Not (Die Kuldip Nayar 150 JA (jreat Qentteman Vasant Sathe 153 Jin Eminent Commentator Ashok H. Desai 156 J? Legendary Lawyer and a True Humanist Bansi S. Mehta 157 y? QeniaC genius Dadi B. Engineer 162 %aramyogi M.G. Arora 166 Man of My (Dreams Gurjeet Singh 171 • Versatile Personality A Profile LM. Singhvi, M.R. Pai, S. Ramakrishnan 183 (PaCfihivaCa : As I Knew Him S.P. Sathe 202 xvi Nani Palkhivala - A Role Model Ambassador Nani J.N. Dixit 207 I am a <Parsi by (Birth V. Lakshmikantham 211 <Purusdastireshta—Nani <PaC$fiivaCa BM. Hegde 215 An InteCCectuaC CoCossus Shyamla Pappu 219 • Communicator & Orator The greatest Advocate of 9fis Time Fali S. Nariman 225 The great and the good M.R. Shroff 231 SiCence : (PaCbjiivaCa is in the Court $(pom Iqbal Chagla 234 SingCe Pointed (Determination Dinesh Vyas 237 A Master of <EngCish (Prose J.E. Dastur 245 Some Little Xnown facets of Nani (Paf^hivaCa S. Divakara 252 • Role Model for Tax Consultants An 'Era has (Ended Yogendra P. Trivedi 265 The great Nani J.P. Shah 268 A (Personality of CMuCti-dimensions Janak Raj ]ai 271 (Best TOJC Advocate T.D. Sugla 275 As I ^member J{im U.T. Shah 278 The Court was Stunned Kanishka H. Kaji 282 Contents xvii He admired Chartered Accountants P.N. Shah 284 • Great Personal Attributes 'Hot MereCy a giant Intellectual Atal Bihari Vajpayee 293 Hani RM. Lala 296 Voice of the <Peopfe P.R. Brahmananda 305 This was a Man ! Behram A. Palkhivala 308 Our HoSle, gentCe Hani Dhan B. Palkhivala 322 Hani had a Magnetic <Personadty Arvindar Singh 324 The Legend — <R£inem6ered B.K. Khare 328 His Twitight (Days Jehangir B. Palkhivala 338 (Punya Smaran Ramesh Chandra Chaturvedi 341 • In the Eyes of Armed Forces Hani's great gift to the Army U. Gen. M.L Chibber (Retd.) 347 J? ^coCCection Lt. Gen. AM. Sethna (Retd.) 356 Impecca6Ce (PersonaC Traits Lt Gen. K. Chandrasekharan (Retd.) 358 On Hani <PaC^hivaCa Maj. Gen. Nilendra Kumar 367 • Prominent cases in which Nani appeared 381 • Thanks to Them All 414 • About the Contributors 417 • Index 443.