FREEDOM ON TRIAL Twelve Cases That Shaped India's Struggle for Independence

By Akash Vajpai

India's freedom struggle was not fought only on the streets-it was fought in courtrooms. In Freedom on Trial, advocate Akash Vajpai uncovers a forgotten front of the independence movement, where colonial courts became battlegrounds and justice itself stood accused. . Through twelve landmark legal cases involving figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Veer Savarkar, the book shows how biased colonial trials were transformed into acts of resistance, exposing the moral bankruptcy of imperial justice and awakening political consciousness across the nation. With a foreword by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, this compelling work restores neglected legal battles to their rightful place in history-revealing how law, repression and resistance shaped India's path to swarajya.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9376469151
• ISBN13: 9789376469154
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"