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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) From the Colonial to the Contemporary: Images Iconography Memories and Performances of Law in Indias High Courts by Dr Rahela Khorakiwala
The historical tension between Indian and British notions of justice is at the centre of this ethnographic study of the first three colonial high courts of India at Calcutta Bombay and Madras. Based on interviews with judges lawyers and staff at the courts this book considers: - The impact of the architecture of the courts;- The contestation around the renaming of the high courts;- Debates over the use of English versus regional languages;- Forms of addressing the court;- The dress worn by different court actors;- Rules on photography video recording live telecasting and- Ceremony and ritual that exists in daily proceedings.