''Illegal - Justice, Out of Order'' is an Indian

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directed by Sahir Raza, starring

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and

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. A courtroom drama where an idealistic lawyer finds herself trapped in the murky world of criminal law. The web series premiered on

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on 12 May 2020.

Plot

The plot revolves around Niharika Singh who is a

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and is hired by a renowned

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which is run by Janardhan Jaitley. Throughout the series, Niharika makes several shocking revelations. She is forced to work on other cases as opposed to the one she was hired for, which revolved around rape and sexual harassment charges.

Cast

as Niharika Singh *

as Akshay Jaitley *

as Maher Salam *

as Janardhan Jaitley "JJ" *

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as Raghav (Season 2) *

as Puneet Tandon *

Ankit Gupta Ankit Gupta (born 6 November 1988) is an Indian actor and model known for his work in Hindi television. He is best known for his roles as Parth Kashyap in ''Sadda Haq'', Garv Priyom Thakur in ''Begusarai'', Fateh Singh Virk in ''Udaariyaan'', ...

as Neeraj * Nabeel Ahmed as Manav Mehta *

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as Niharika's father *

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as DCP Ravi Pandit * Kriti Vij as Sue, Nijharika's friend * Parul Gulati Devika, Devika Jaitley * Sonnalli Seygall as Simone Kalra * Naresh Gosain as Session Court Judge * Khushboo Atre as Female Constable 1 * Manish Dallvi as Bakhtiyar - Parsi Client * Zayn Marie Khan as Zoya Ahmed (Season 3)

Release

The web series premiered on

on 12 May 2020. Illegal - Justice, Out of Order Season 2 is live now on Voot. Released on 25 November 2021.

Critical reception

Pallabi Dey Purkayastha from ''

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'' rated the series 3 out of 5 and overall praised the director for effectively maintaining the likeability factor of the script and its characters throughout the series but also added that the chaos and commotion is too hard to ignore at times. Jyoti Kanyal from ''

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'' shared her critical review stating "Illegal has an appealing premise, but what goes against the show is the poor direction and writing". Ruchi Kaushal from ''

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'' highly praised the performance of the cast especially Neha Sharma and Kubbra Sait, and commended the director for creating such a tight knit legal drama without losing the reins of the plot or the thrill. Nandani Ramnath from ''

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List of episodes

* Season 1 (2020) Voot 1. The mad lawyer (12-05-2020 Tuesday) 1 2. Justice delayed, justice denied ? (12-05-2020 Tuesday) 2 3. Take the stand (12-05-2020 Tuesday) 3 4. Play or get played (12-05-2020 Tuesday) 4 5. Courting trouble (12-05-2020 Tuesday) 5 6. Two wrongs make a right (12-05-2020 Tuesday) 6 7. Innocent until proven guilty (12-05-2020 Tuesday) 7 8. When the past comes knocking (12-05-2020 Tuesday) 8 9. Plausible deniability (12-05-2020 Tuesday) 9 10. The final face off (12-05-2020 Tuesday) 10 * Season 2 (2021) Voot 1. The war is on (25-11-2021 Thursday) 11 2. Down but not out (25-11-2021 Thursday) 12 3. Old cases die hard (25-11-2021 Thursday) 13 4. Tricks of the trade (25-11-2021 Thursday) 14 5. The turf war (25-11-2021 Thursday) 15 6. A shark's trap (25-11-2021 Thursday) 16 7. The double cross (25-11-2021 Thursday) 17 8. Checkmate (25-11-2021 Thursday) 18 * Season 3 (2024) Jiocinema 1. The mad lawyer returns (29-05-2024 Wednesday) 19 2. Love and loss (29-05-2024 Wednesday) 20 3. Lonely at the top (29-05-2024 Wednesday) 21 4. Game on (29-05-2024 Wednesday) 22 5. Power play (29-05-2024 Wednesday) 23 6. Secrets and sacrifice (29-05-2024 Wednesday) 24 7. The tables turn (29-05-2024 Wednesday) 25 8. The burden of truth (29-05-2024 Wednesday) 26

References

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