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Mon, 03/30/2009 - 17:46
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Kasab gets a lawyer; trial to commence on April 6
Mumbai, Mar 30 (PTI) A lawyer from the Maharashtra
legal aid cell was Monday appointed to defend the lone
terrorist caught in the Mumbai terror strikes, Mohammad Ajmal
Amir Kasab, by the special sessions court which set April six
as the date for commencing the trial.
Judge M L Tahilyani appointed Anjali Waghmare, a
lawyer from the Maharashtra Service Legal Authority, to defend
Kasab once the trial begins in the high security Arthur Road
prison.
Kasab, who attended the court proceedings through
video conferencing from the Arthur Road jail, where he is
presently lodged, was introduced to Waghmare by the judge.
The court informed Kasab that his lawyer would brief
him on April 6 and Waghmare would also assist him in reading
the police chargesheet as she was familiar with Marathi and
English.
Clad in a grey shirt, Kasab, who was sporting a
trimmed beard, smiled and nodded at Waghmare after which he
told the court that he wanted to read newspapers.
Judge Tahilyani said he would consider all his
requests once the trial begins in the special court set up
inside the Arthur Road jail.
During the last hearing, Kasab had requested the court
to appoint a lawyer for him from the state legal aid cell.
Following this, the court had prepared a panel of 17 lawyers
from the cell.
Along with Kasab, the two other arrested accused in
the case, Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed were also produced
through video conferencing from the Arthur Road jail.
Faheem, who on the last hearing had requested the
court to appoint a lawyer for him, today said that he wants
either Sudeep Pasbola, Mubin Solkar or Hyder Ali Momin to
appear for him.
"If the court cannot appoint any of these lawyers then
I would like to continue with advocate Ejaz Naqvi, who
appeared for me in the magistrate court," Faheem told the
court.
Sabauddin Ahmed also told the court that he would like
Naqvi to defend him in the case.
Faheem and Sabauddin, both operatives of
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) who were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh
police, have been accused of providing support for the
November 26 terror strikes in which 183 people were killed.
PTI
legal aid cell was Monday appointed to defend the lone
terrorist caught in the Mumbai terror strikes, Mohammad Ajmal
Amir Kasab, by the special sessions court which set April six
as the date for commencing the trial.
Judge M L Tahilyani appointed Anjali Waghmare, a
lawyer from the Maharashtra Service Legal Authority, to defend
Kasab once the trial begins in the high security Arthur Road
prison.
Kasab, who attended the court proceedings through
video conferencing from the Arthur Road jail, where he is
presently lodged, was introduced to Waghmare by the judge.
The court informed Kasab that his lawyer would brief
him on April 6 and Waghmare would also assist him in reading
the police chargesheet as she was familiar with Marathi and
English.
Clad in a grey shirt, Kasab, who was sporting a
trimmed beard, smiled and nodded at Waghmare after which he
told the court that he wanted to read newspapers.
Judge Tahilyani said he would consider all his
requests once the trial begins in the special court set up
inside the Arthur Road jail.
During the last hearing, Kasab had requested the court
to appoint a lawyer for him from the state legal aid cell.
Following this, the court had prepared a panel of 17 lawyers
from the cell.
Along with Kasab, the two other arrested accused in
the case, Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed were also produced
through video conferencing from the Arthur Road jail.
Faheem, who on the last hearing had requested the
court to appoint a lawyer for him, today said that he wants
either Sudeep Pasbola, Mubin Solkar or Hyder Ali Momin to
appear for him.
"If the court cannot appoint any of these lawyers then
I would like to continue with advocate Ejaz Naqvi, who
appeared for me in the magistrate court," Faheem told the
court.
Sabauddin Ahmed also told the court that he would like
Naqvi to defend him in the case.
Faheem and Sabauddin, both operatives of
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) who were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh
police, have been accused of providing support for the
November 26 terror strikes in which 183 people were killed.
PTI
