India, Dec. 4 -- The Delhi high court has directed the Centre to take steps to enable Bollywood actor Celina Jaitly to contact her brother, retired Major Vikrant Jaitly, who has been in detention in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for more than 14 months, even as Vikrant's wife opposed the request.

The court was hearing the actor's petition seeking directions to the Central government to facilitate effective legal assistance for her brother, ensure real-time and direct communication between them, and provide regular consular access to monitor his well-being.

A bench of justice Sachin Datta issued the direction after the actor, who was present in court in person and represented by advocates Raghav Kacker, Ribhav Pande, and Madhav Aggarwal...