Mumbai, Apr 16 : A Special Sessions Court on Thursday appointed Abbas Kazmi as new lawyer of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the November 2008 Mumbai attack.
Kazmi, a private lawyer and not from the legal aid panel, has been appointed to defend Kasab as per Indian law.
Kazmi is a well-known name in the legal circle and is a member of the Sessions Bar Council.
On Wednesday, Special Judge M L Tahiliyani revoked the appointment of Anjali Waghmare, the lawyer who was appointed to defend Kasab, on grounds of ''''professional misconduct''''.
Mumbai, Apr 17 : The trial of Ajamal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the Mumbai attacks, will begin here today.
New Delhi - An Indian court Thursday appointed a new lawyer to defend Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman suspect captured during the Mumbai terrorist attacks that killed over 170 people in November, news reports said.
Mumbai, Apr 15 : Anjali Waghmare, the lawyer who was appointed to defend Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the November 2008 Mumbai attack, on Wednesday said that the special court had not accused her of ''''professional misconduct'''', and this was all a figment of the media's imagination.
Mumbai, Apr. 15 : Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the November 2008 Mumbai attack, has demanded that he be represented by a Pakistani lawyer, hours after a special court removed Anjali Waghmare, his Indian lawyer from the case on grounds of ''''professional misconduct''''.
New Delhi - The trial against Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving gunmen of the November Mumbai terror attack suffered a setback Wednesday when a special court dismissed the state-appointed lawyer for professional misconduct, news reports said. Anjali Waghmare failed to disclose that she also represented a witness in the same case when she was appointed to defend Kasab, NDTV news quoted judge ML Tahiliyani of the special court as saying.
