Product Details :
- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Navjivan; Second Edition edition (1965)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 8172294441
- ISBN-13: 978-8172294441
- Product Dimensions: 30.3 x 22.4 x 2.5 cm
- Product Description :
This is the reprint of the original publication Trial of Gandhiji, giving details regarding the court proceedings, by the High Court of Gujarat. It was published in 1965. Much has been written about that epic trial, and, it is still being debated. That great trial led to a new chapter in India's struggle for freedom. It indeed involved an unprecedented and profound issue raised by Mahatma Gandhi in four articles he wrote in Young India, and, subsequently he was tried for three articles; two of 1921 and one of 1922. The issue he had raised then was that of obedience to one's duty (as one felt listening to one's inner voice) as against one's obedience to state-made law; and in latter case the state, in Gandhiji's political philosophy has been brute and barbaric, based on coercive and exploitative power. And for him 'Truth was the highest law and non-violence was the hi~hest duty', and, therefore, for him resisting such state was the highest moral duty of a non-cooperator. In the statement he gave during the trial, Gandhiji, exhorted the Judge Broomfield to do his best by awarding the highest penalty to him. The trial was held on March 18, 1922. It lasted for less than two hours. Navajivan Trust is indebted to Hon'ble Shri Justice Pradeep P. Bhatt of the High Court of Jharkhand, Jharkhand, for helping the Trust in obtaining the necessary per- mission of the then Hon'ble Shri Chief justice S. J. Mukhopadhyay (now, Hon'ble Judge of the Supreme Court of India). He very kindly gave us the permission to reprint the original publication. We are indeed grateful to him. Our sincere gratitude to Hon'ble Shri Justice Pradeep P. Bhatt, Ms Sonia Gokani (now, Hon'ble Judge of the High Court of Gujarat) and Shri G. R. Udhwani, Registrar General of the High Court of Gujarat for providing us with a copy of the original publication. A word of appreciation for Shri Siddharth N. Bhatt for his help in this behalf.