'Palli' is a Tamil word, meaning 'cicak'. 'Palli Sastram' is the lost art of conversing with sentient creatures. Here, a lawyer, UK Menon, speaks of his own experience with an ancient culture and the mystical arts.
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What Happens to a Lion That Won’t Sit Under the Throne? (Justice George Seah)
Bacon said judges are lions under the throne. George Seah read the sentence and crossed out three words.
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He was mistaken for an interpreter, a hotel manager, an ugly judge, and a corpse. Then the scoreboard got it wrong too.
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How Long Must a Judge Wait to Be Proved Right? (Justice Eusoffe Abdoolcader)
He lost the case three to two in 1988. The Federal Court handed it to him in 2024, long after he was gone.
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What Do You Do When Your Own Judgment Rules Against You? (Salleh Abas LP)
He declared Malaysia's law secular, then spent the rest of his life obeying his own judgment — in pencil. Why the pencil, do you think?
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Is There Any Point in Learning Things by Heart? (Justice Mahadev Shankar)
Bacon said judges are lions under the throne. Mahadev Shankar made them tigers, and meant it.
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