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Chandigarh 12th September:- The book authored by Hon'ble Justice SN Aggarwal, Former Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court "A Tale of Two Prime Ministers Who Won the Legal Battle But Lost The Regime" was released today at the Law Bhawan, Sector 37, Chandigarh. The Program was hosted by Bar Council Punjab & Haryana, Chandigarh. Hon'ble Justice Ashok Bhan, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India graced the occasion as Chief Guest, while the Guest of Honour for the function was Hon'ble Justice GC Mittal, Former Chief Justice of Delhi & Rajasthan High Courts.
Releasing the Book, Hon'ble Justice Ashok bhan, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India congratulated the author and wishes him all the success. He said that this book will make aware the future generation about our Country's political history of that era. SN Aggarwal authored a book The Heroes of Cellular Jail about the supreme sacrifices made by the Freedom Fighters who were incarcerated in the Cellular Jail in their struggle for the freedom of the country, he added.
Highlighting about the book, Author Former Justice SN Aggarwal, Former Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court said that this book brings into focus that anything which is legally correct may not pass the test of Moral or ethical values, It relates to two former Prime Ministers who won in the law courts but lost in the Public Court.
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi won the Lok Sabha elections in 1971. Her election was set aside by the Allahabad High Court. She filed an appeal in the Supreme Court. During its pendency she got amended the Representation of People Act with retrospective effect and also got amended the Constitution of India to ensure the acceptance of her appeal by the Supreme Court. She also imposed EMERGENCY in the country to remain in power. Al these acts of Indira Gandhi failed the test of moral or ethical values and in the next election the people of India rejected her.
Similarly, P.V. Narasimha Rao as Prime Minister faced No Confidence Motion on 26th July, 1993. The motion was defeated after it was put to vote on 28th July. Those MPs of JMM party who had voted to defeat the motion, had deposited a huge amount in the Bank, in those very days. The public doubted that those MPs had been won over by money power and for that reason they voted to save the government. Although both these former Prime Ministers were found to be innocent by the law courts, but they remained suspects in the minds of the people on moral and ethical grounds and consequently their governments were voted out of power in the elections.
Rajat Gautam, Chairman, Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana said that these books and its authors are our cultural heritage. Only buying and reading these books will keep such people and the history alive. He added that we all have some opinions about the two Prime ministers quoted in the book but after reading this book, our opinions will change about them. Rajat Gautam said that though this is a digital era and we have lot of e-books over the internet to read, but Printed Books are still very important as it creates a map in the reader's mind, which e-books sometimes failed to do.
Parupkar Singh Ghuman, Vice Chairman, Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana and Additional Advocate General, Punjab thanked the Chief Guest and stated that getting to the final stage of the book project has involved the commitment, collaboration, co-operation and goodwill of many including the family of Justice SN Aggarwal. He congratulated the author and give special thanks to Hon'ble Justice Ashok Bhan and Hon'ble Justice JC Mittal and other dignitaries for sparing the valuable time out of the busy schedule to launch the book which involved lot of legal as well as Political scenario of India.
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