Illegal - Justice, Out of Order


Illegal - Justice, Out of Order is an Indian legal thriller web series directed by Sahir Raza, starring Neha Sharma, Akshay Oberoi, Kubbra Sait, Piyush Mishra and Satyadeep Mishra. A courtroom drama where an idealistic lawyer finds herself trapped in the murky world of criminal law. The web series premiered on Voot on 12 May 2020.

Plot

The plot revolves around Niharika Singh who is a lawyer and is hired by a renowned law firm 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

  • Neha Sharma as Niharika Singh
  • Akshay Oberoi as Akshay Jaitley
  • Kubbra Sait as Maher Salam
  • Piyush Mishra as Janardhan Jaitley "JJ"
  • Tanuj Virwani as Raghav
  • Satyadeep Mishra as Puneet Tandon
  • Ankit Gupta as Neeraj
  • Nabeel Ahmed as Manav Mehta
  • Deepak Tijori as Niharika's father
  • Karmveer Choudhary 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

    Release

The web series premiered on Voot 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 The Times Of India 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 India Today 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 Hindustan Times 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 ''Scroll.in''

List of episodes

1. The mad lawyer 1
2. Justice delayed, justice denied ? 2
3. Take the stand 3
4. Play or get played 4
5. Courting trouble 5
6. Two wrongs make a right 6
7. Innocent until proven guilty 7
8. When the past comes knocking 8
9. Plausible deniability 9
10. The final face off 10

  • Season 2 Voot
1. The war is on 11
2. Down but not out 12
3. Old cases die hard 13
4. Tricks of the trade 14
5. The turf war 15
6. A shark's trap 16
7. The double cross 17
8. Checkmate 18
  • Season 3 Jiocinema
1. The mad lawyer returns 19
2. Love and loss 20
3. Lonely at the top 21
4. Game on 22
5. Power play 23
6. Secrets and sacrifice 24
7. The tables turn 25
8. The burden of truth 26