The Pulse of the People

April, 1959, a respected naval commander comes back from time at sea to find out that his wife is having an affair. He drives to the apartment of his wife’s lover to talk to him. The lover ends up dead. The murder trial of Commander Kawas Nanavati captivated Bombay — it had sex, betrayal and intrigue. When the jury verdict came out, many were outraged and they thought the jury system was to blame. The trial came to be known as “The Last Jury Trial in India” because it heralded the end of the jury system in 1973. It was a lightning rod for concerns about the jury being corrupted by prejudice and the media.

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