The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Centre to take steps to provide effective legal representation to actress Celina Jaitly’s brother, Major (retd) Vikrant Kumar Jaitly, who has been in detention in the UAE over an alleged “national security case” since September last year.

Seeking a response from the Centre on Celina’s petition, Justice Sachin Datta also directed that an attempt shall be made to ensure contact between the actress and her brother, with Celina highlighting that she is his “sole surviving immediate blood relative”.

The court has also directed for appointment of a nodal officer to liaise with the UAE authorities.

Celina, represented by advocates Raghav Kacker, Ribhav Pande and Madhav Aggarwal, had moved the Delhi HC with a petition claiming that her brother was i

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