Author: Mahvish Fatima Khalid
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‘The Figure in the Fog’ by Manini Brar is a young lawyer’s unconventional handbook | VL Recommends, Mahvish Fatima
The Figure in the Fog by Manini Brar, an advocate at the Delhi High Court, is the kind of book no one expects a lawyer (the hoity-toitys of the mortal world) to write. But there is a peculiar sense of satisfaction in reading exactly that. Everything is unprecedented. The book is as honest as it…
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A system, a state of existence and a theory: the trifectas of indefinite incarceration | Mahvish Fatima, VL Desk
The DHC judgement rejecting the Bail Appeals of the political prisoners in the larger Delhi pogrom conspiracy case is an indent in the bail jurisprudence of India. One that finds the conscience of law in conflict with the sociology of law. The Delhi High Court in its judgement dated September 2nd, 2025, rejected a batch…