M Pallonji

Honour banned

The withdrawal in April of Sarosh Zaiwalla’s legal memoirs, Honour Bound: Adventures of an Indian lawyer in English courts by publisher HarperCollins has been criticized by the author who alleged the threat of legal action caused the publishing house to "abandon its own author.” Member of Parliament and Congress party spokesperson Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi had sought an injunction on the book’s sale and distribution in India. He alleged the book made defamatory statements against his late father, L. M. Singhvi, a former Indian High Commissioner to the UK. While granting the stay the magistrate also restrained Zaiwalla from making......



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