Justice K. Chandru, a retired judge of the Madras High Court, is a household name in Tamil Nadu. He became famous pan-India after the phenomenal success of Suriya-starrer Jai Bhim. The movie was based on just one case conducted by him when he was a lawyer, but his autobiography I too became a judge, released in Tamil recently, is a compendium of numerous hair-raising adventures.
True to its title, the book explains how he, a rebel, student leader, Communist, labour lawyer and fierce critic of the judiciary, was able to rise from the Bar to the Bench. The most interesting aspect of the book is that the former judge has not minced words while making startling claims and named every person, be it politicians or judges, whom he encountered in unsavoury incidents.
