100 Legal Luminaries of India, no author stated. Publlished in 2016 by LexisNexis, 14th floor, Tower B, Building No. 10, DLF Cyber City, Phase - II, Gurgaon, 122002. Pp: 470. Price: Rs 5,995 (Hardback).
Even by the standards of vanity publication, this book will raise many eyebrows for its nakedly hagiographic tone and tenor. It purports to sketch the lives and achievements of 100 "illustrious legal minds in India” — men and women who, in the words of the blurb, "have contributed in (sic) every sphere of the society (sic).” These worthies, the blurb goes on, "(i)n their own ways…continue to......