If ever a colossus strode across the Indian legal arena, it was Nani Palkhivala.
After a brilliant academic career, he quickly became one of India's most sought
after lawyers and remained at center stage for five decades. Famous for his
phenomenal power of concentration and persuasive advocacy, he was a supremely
successful lawyer.
Early in his career, he authored one of the finest commentaries on the law and
practice of income tax. His reputation as a constitutional lawyer is deservedly
formidable. Between 1965 and 1995, he argued nearly all important constitutional
law cases before the Supreme Court of India: Golak Nath, Bank Nationalisation,
Privy Purses, Kesavananda Bharati,