The Vetala Panchavimshati, also known as Vikram–Vetala, is a classical Sanskrit collection of twenty-five tales in which Emperor Vikramaditya must capture a spirit hanging from a tree in a cremation ground. Each time he carries the vetala away, the spirit tells a story that ends in a riddle — and with every answer, the cycle begins again.

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These are not ghost stories. They are disciplined inquiries into judgment, testing discernment, courage, and restraint. In this series, the wind opens each tale — setting the night and the path, the case ahead. What follows is a dialogue between king and vetala, shaped by questions and consequence.

Each episode explores how justice speaks across time and place, and at the close of every episode, a practicing/studying lawyer/student reflects on the dilemma through today’s justice system, narrating a real case and verdict — because while centuries pass, the architecture of judgment endures.