Urmila (Tanuja), a young schoolteacher, goes on a holiday to the sea resort of Gopalpur.
Tired of answering solicitous, yet prurient, questions from his colleagues, he places on his desk a placard that reads "My raped daughter is well".
Urmila faces humiliating questions during the trial, as well as unwanted media attention, but eventually gets justice.
[5][6][7] The film has been hailed as a strong feminist statement that "questions the integrity of the unsympathetic patriarchal judicial system that stigmatises the victim rather than punishing the criminals".
[9] Adalat o Ekti Meye has been restored and digitised by the National Film Archive of India.