Kilvenmani and Judicial Apathy

Two articles which are listed in the book are an analysis done after 50 years after the massacre. Lot of efforts went into in gathering the old records and also the order of the Supreme Court which was brought out for the first time. The two writers, one a Retired Judge (myself) and the other Manoj Mitta a veteran Journalist who brought out a magnum opus of a book listing out the battles for equality in India in which caste pride alone was mattered.

Justice K. Chandru is a retired judge of the Madras High Court, famous for his moral rectitude. Among other things, he was one of the first judges to declare his assets to the Chief Justice; he refused to have a red beacon on his official car or a sub-inspector ranked personal security guard; he refused to be addressed as 'My Lord' in court; and surrendered his official car on the morning of his retirement, going home by public transport that evening. He passed many landmark judgements, many in favour of the underprivileged or marginalised sections of society.