Farhana Shah

Two lawyers who defended Ajmal Kasab in the 2008 Mumbai attack case on the directions of the Bombay High Court are yetto get their legal fees from the Maharashtra government. While the state government says they have not submitted any bills, the lawyers say that state prosecutors are not supposed to.

A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice V.K. Tahilramani and Justice M.S. Sonak declined the request on the ground that under the prison rules, those convicted under terror charges were not eligible either for furlough or parole.

Actor Sanjay Dutt, sent to the Arthur Road Central jail here, spent a restless night reading spiritual books, while his lawyer today requested the TADA court to shift him from the high-security egg-shaped cell where he felt suffocated.

The Bombay High Court has appointed advocate Amin Solkar as the lawyer for Ajmal Kasab, who has been handed the death sentence by a special court for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.   Advocate Farhana Shah will assist Amin Solkar.Kasab had written to the Free Legal Aid Committee on May 22 asking for a lawyer to help him fight...

Two lawyers who defended Ajmal Kasab in the 2008 Mumbai attack case on the directions of the Bombay High Court are yetto get their legal fees from the Maharashtra government. While the state government says they have not submitted any bills, the lawyers say that state prosecutors are not supposed to.

A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice V.K. Tahilramani and Justice M.S. Sonak declined the request on the ground that under the prison rules, those convicted under terror charges were not eligible either for furlough or parole.

Actor Sanjay Dutt, sent to the Arthur Road Central jail here, spent a restless night reading spiritual books, while his lawyer today requested the TADA court to shift him from the high-security egg-shaped cell where he felt suffocated.

The Bombay High Court has appointed advocate Amin Solkar as the lawyer for Ajmal Kasab, who has been handed the death sentence by a special court for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.   Advocate Farhana Shah will assist Amin Solkar.Kasab had written to the Free Legal Aid Committee on May 22 asking for a lawyer to help him fight...