Nuggets of Wisdom (Some Pathbreaking Judgements of the Supreme Court)

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It will be useful for the students and teachers of Law as well as practicing lawyers and other legal professionals in India.

A meritorious student, Hota studied Law in the South Campus Law College of the University of Delhi while serving in the I.A.S. and is considered as an expert in Constitutional Law. After demitting office, Hota worked as an independent arbitrator for PSU's and corporates and gave legal opinions to lawyers on constitutional issues.

Hota was conferred the degree of D.Lit. (Honoris Causa) by Ravenshaw University Cuttack, in recognition of his "Outstanding Contribution to Public Service.

Judges of the Supreme Court are so erudite that they cannot help writing scholarly judgments, Some of their judgments are also in complex prose. This poses a problem for lay readers and also for students of law. More often than not, they avoid reading the full text of the judgments reported in standard law journals. Instead, they rely on "help books". Admittedly, these books do not do justice to the brilliant logic and profound erudition of the judges. Against this background, summaries of some of the important judgments attempted by me, might bring out the logic and erudition of the judges and be easy to read by both lay readers as well as students of law.