If you think the law is always solemn, orderly, and predictable, think again. 

In The Bench, the Bar and the Bizarre, Tushar Mehta takes you beyond the formal courtroom into the curious, unexpected, and often amusing edges of the legal world. Drawing on real cases from across jurisdictions, this book brings together incidents, judgments, and courtroom moments that reveal a side of law rarely seen. 

From judges delivering sharply worded dissents to litigants who sued demons, the Devil, and even God—not merely out of eccentricity but to make a point—these stories capture the deeply human and occasionally absurd dimensions of justice. There are moments of wit, flashes of unpredictability, and instances where the authority of the Bench collides with the quirks of human behaviour.