Overview
- UAE-based Khalid Almarri & Partners will represent Major Vikrant Jaitly pro bono after the High Court directed the MEA to issue authorization.
- Local counsel is now seeking an appointment, power of attorney, and in-person access required to act before UAE courts.
- Major Jaitly has been detained since September 2024, with only a prosecution number and a vague reference to “national security” shared with the family.
- The court asked that a phone call with his family be facilitated, but Celina Jaitly says she has not been able to speak with him yet.
- Celina Jaitly has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for diplomatic intervention as the next hearing is set for February 10.