An indictment of terror trials

Mayur R Suresh's book delves into the myriad ways terror accused and the justice system interact in a trial, and is replete with stories of human foibles, quirks, unlikely friendships, and anxiety

Terror Trials: Life and Law in Delhi’s Courts

Author: Mayur R Suresh

Publisher: Orient Blackswan

Pages: 255

Price: Rs 1,135

“Law” exists on so many different planes that necessarily intersect with each other — there is law as a moral force; law as a philosophical construct with its myriad theories; law as it ought to be when the legislating body debates on how to formulate the words of the law; law as it is eventually formulated and enacted by a legislating body, which is the law we, as ordinary citizens, recognise as “the law”.
 

And then there is law as it is actually implemented