<P> Hidayatullah was a scholar in Hindi, English, Urdu, Persian and French . He had working knowledge of some other Indian languages including Sanskrit and Bengali . </P> <P> Hidayatullah was the president of Indian Law Institute, International Law Association (Indian Branch), Indian Society of International Law from 1968 to 1970 . He also presided the Indian Red Cross Society in 1982 . He was closely associated with Hunger Project of USA, World Association of Orphans and Abandoned Children (Geneva), and Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues (1982--84). </P> <P> The Hidayatullah National Law University at Naya Raipur is named after him . </P> <Ul> <Li> Democracy in India and the Judicial Process, 1966 by Asia Publishing House (1967). </Li> <Li> The South - West Africa Case, Published 1967 by Asia Publishing House (1966). </Li> <Li> Judicial Methods Published for the Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies by National Publishing House (1970). </Li> <Li> A Judge's Miscellany, N.M. Tripathi (1972). </Li> <Li> USA and India: All India Reporter (1977). </Li> <Li> A Judge's Miscellany (Second Series) N.M. Tripathi (1972). </Li> <Li> The Fifth and Sixth Schedules to the Constitution of India, Ashok Pub . House </Li> <Li> My own Boswell (Autobiography) Arnold - Heinemann (1980). </Li> <Li> Editor, Mulla's Mohammedan Law </Li> <Li> Constitutional law of India: Bar Council of India Trust (1984). </Li> <Li> Right to property and the Indian Constitution: Calcutta University (1984). </Li> <Li> Justice Hidayatullah on commercial laws: Deep & Deep (1982). </Li> </Ul>

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