The Nanavati papers

As a new film based on the Nanavati scandal prepares to release, author recounts how it played out in the courts, media and genteel south Bombay

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It was about the end of the monsoons of 1959, and the Sessions Court in Mumbai had morphed into a local tourist spot. Hundreds of people were making detours on their regular route from work or school to gather near the building in Flora Fountain, not owing to any sudden surge in litigations, but because of unprecedented public interest in one particular legal battle: the case of Commander Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati of the Indian Navy versus the state of Maharashtra. He arrived always in crisp uniform, medals proudly pinned at the heart. Even if he had been charged with killing his ...

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The Nanavati papers