Archive · 31 Jul 2026
Mehta’s Humorous Legal Book Highlights Judicial Oddities
Tushar Mehta, a top Indian lawyer, wrote a funny book about strange legal stories.
The book has seven essays that talk about judges who act like gods, the importance of disagreeing in court, and how phones and social media can mess up justice.
Mehta says he used many American cases, so he didn’t show many Indian ones.
He also talks about new tech like AI and how it can change law.
The book is meant to make people laugh while learning about how people behave in courts.
Tushar Mehta, India’s second‑longest‑serving solicitor‑general, publishes a humorous legal book.
The book contains seven essays, covering topics from the “Divinity Virus” to the role of dissenting judgments.
Mehta admits the book focuses on American cases, missing an opportunity to highlight Indian jurisprudence.
Modern issues such as mobile phones, social media, and AI are discussed as threats to judicial decision‑making.
The author uses humor to expose human limitations and compulsions within the legal system.
- Who
- Tushar Mehta, India’s second-longest-serving solicitor‑general
- What
- A book review of "The Bench, the Bar and the Bizarre"
- Where
- India
- Book Title
- The Bench, the Bar and the Bizarre: The Unfamiliar, the Curious, and the Extraordinary in Law
- Author
- Tushar Mehta
- Publisher
- Rupa
- Price
- Rs 995
- Number of Essays
- 7