About the Book: India’s freedom struggle unfolded not just in protests but within colonial courtrooms, where justice itself was contested. In Freedom on Trial, advocate Akash Vajpai brings to light a lesser-known dimension of the independence movement, revealing how trials became powerful sites of resistance. Through twelve landmark cases involving figures like Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the book exposes the deep biases of imperial justice. With a foreword by D. Y. Chandrachud, it reclaims these legal battles as crucial to India’s journey toward swarajya.