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Courage and conviction
THE WEEK India|November 17, 2024
Justice A.M. Ahmadi's biography by his granddaughter brings out behind-the-scenes tension in the Supreme Court as it dealt with the Babri Masjid demolition case
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Courage and conviction

The Fearless Judge: The Life and Times of Justice A.M. Ahmadi

By Insiyah Vahanvaty

Published by Juggernaut

Price ₹899; pages 325

A few weeks after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992, President Shankar Dayal Sharma made a presidential reference to the Supreme Court under Article 143(1) of the Constitution seeking its opinion on whether a Hindu structure existed at the site of the mosque before it was built.

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