India, Feb. 7 -- Days after the Delhi High Court directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to facilitate legal representation for Major Vikrant Jaitly (Retd.) in UAE, his sister, actor Celina Jaitly describes it as a long-awaited ray of hope. Speaking about the court's intervention after over 17 months, Celina says "As a sister, stepping back was never an option," adding, "Protecting his rights and dignity is what kept me going." The 44-year-old shares that she first learnt about her brother's detention nearly a month after the incident, in September 2024, through his wife, Charul Jaitly. Following the order, UAE-based law firm Khalid Almarri Partners and Advocates will represent Vikrant. The firm is expected to seek an appointment to meet him and ascertain the grounds for his detention. "This order provides the necessary clarity and mandate to ensure coordinated action," says Celina . Over the past year and a half, the actor has consistently spoken about her brother's case publicly. "My brother was unable to speak for himself, and I knew that silence would only deepen his vulnerability," she says, adding, "Even on days when there was no response, no clarity, and no immediate relief, I believed persistence was the only way to ensure accountability." Vikrant, after retiring from the Indian Army, shifted to Dubai and co-founded a company with wife Charul Jaitly. When asked about Charul, Celina says, "There are unanswered questions surrounding the sequence of events. The fact is that my brother will receive legal representation only today, seventeen months since his abduction, through my petition before the Hon'ble Delhi High Court, to which my sister-in-law is not a party." She adds, "That said, given that the matter is sub judice, I am refraining from conjecture." Celina's lawyer in India, Raghav Kacker shares the way forward, "It could actually be a very simple process of just you know filing certain procedural things and getting him out or it could be something which is a full blown defence we don't know. I will get clarity after they get the appointment letter and after they get the power of attorney from the Vikrant. The judge has directed that we get access to Vikrant before February 10."...