Mohammad Hidayatullah

"As Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, he had the awesome task of dealing with some unruly scenes. He did so with aplomb and finesse, often with a witticism that helped defuse the situation."

"He was a very warm, sincere and sensitive family man and friend."

"I crave to be understood because when a person writes about himself, he does not work in obscurity but a little too much in the light which he focuses on himself. To me the satisfaction comes from the…"

"Where obscenity and art are mixed art must be so preponderating as to throw the obscenity into shadow."

"This was an attempt of not creating 'forward looking judges' but the 'judges looking forward' to the plumes of the office of Chief Justice."

"While in London I became interested in speaking in public. I lectured at Hyde Park Corner when the Simon Commission was being boycotted in India as no Indian was a member. I stood the heckling well an…"

"In Ranjit D. Udeshi v. State of Maharashtra , he declared the law on the subject as to when a book can be regarded as obscene. The Judgment laid down important tests of obscenity and their application…"

"The cherished right on which our democracy rests is meant for the expression of free opinions to change political or social conditions or for the advancement of human knowledge."