Episode Details

What really happened in the Aryan Khan drug case? What does India's legal system get wrong about the Aarushi Talwar murder? And what was it like defending MJ Akbar during the height of the MeToo movement in India?

Senior Advocate Geeta Luthra, one of India's most respected lawyers with over four decades at the bar, sits down with Gaurav Arora for a rare, unfiltered conversation about India's most high-profile criminal cases, the failures of the justice system, and what it truly takes to fight for the truth in a courtroom.

From bail inequality and judicial accountability to media trials, false accusations, and the rights of victims, this is the conversation India's legal community doesn't have in public.

In this episode:

- The truth about the Aryan Khan case and what the courts got wrong about bail
- Inside the Aarushi Talwar case, and why social media convicted the family before the court did
- MJ Akbar, MeToo, and the weapon of social media against the falsely accused
- Why India talks about judicial delays but never judicial accountability
- How money and power tilt the scales in the Temple of Justice
- What to do if you are falsely accused: a step by step breakdown
- The difference between an FIR, investigation and charge sheet explained simply
- Why India's conviction rate in rape cases is only 28%, and what that actually means

Timestamps:
00:00 Bail And Unequal Justice
02:57 Why Bail Gets Denied
03:40 Delays And Judge Accountability
05:51 Prosecution Withholding Evidence
09:11 Police Flaws And Disclosure Duty
11:39 Money Power And Senior Counsel
15:57 Media Trials And Court Pressure
17:50 MeToo And Defamation Dilemmas
23:42 Social Media Verdicts Vs Truth
30:08 Reforming High Profile Cases
32:05 Forensics For Every Case
32:46 Delayed Allegations And Jail Time
33:48 Cases That Haunt A Lawyer
37:30 Court Overload And Conscience
39:28 Accused Reputation And Jail Realities
44:07 Redacting Names And Compensation
46:07 If You Are Falsely Accused
49:51 What Victims Should Do
51:48 FIR To Chargesheet Explained
56:41 Scientific Investigation And Police Power
01:00:34 How Justice Changes With Age

Guest: Senior Advocate Geeta Luthra
Host: Gaurav Arora

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