Kasab Verdict

• Devender Pal Singh Bhullar's appeal rejected. Supreme Court verdict could impact other death row prisoners

  The Supreme Court has ruled that Punjab militant Devender Pal Singh Bhullar will be executed for killing nine people with a car bomb in 2009 in Delhi.

• Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's appeal rejected. Supreme Court verdict could impact other death row prisoners

  Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's appeal rejected: The Supreme Court has ruled that a death sentence cannot be commuted to life imprisonment because of a delay in execution. The court has rejected an appeal by Devinderpal Singh Bhullar against his hanging, and could impact the cases of 16 other prisoners on death row who have pleaded against their punish...

• Ajmal Kasab's death sentence upheld by Supreme Court: Excerpts from the judgement

  Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab's death sentence has been upheld by the Supreme Court. Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, wanted the death sentence handed to him by the Bombay High Court to be commuted to life imprisonment. Today's verdict was pronounced by a two judge bench of Justices CK Prasad ...

• Ajmal Kasab's death sentence upheld: Victims hail Supreme Court verdict

  Survivors and kin of victims of the 26/11 terror attacks hailed the Supreme Court judgment upholding the death sentence of Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving Pakistani terrorist behind the strike.

• Pakistan should expedite 26/11 trial after verdict on Kasab: Ujjwal Nikam

  With the Supreme Court upholding the death sentence of Ajmal Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam Pakistan wants the trial in Pakistan court to be expedited. "Death sentence awarded to Kasab should be executed as soon as possible so that it gives a strong signal to the terrorists that law takes stern...

• Death sentence for Ajmal Kasab? Supreme Court to decide today

  The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab's plea against his death sentence today. Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, had pleaded the Supreme Court to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment on February 14.

• Timeline: Kasab's trial in Bombay High Court

  Ajmal Kasab, sporting a stubble and wearing a white kurta-pyjama, watched via video- conference as the Bombay High Court confirmed his death sentence for waging war against India with the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai in 2008.Following is the chronology of 26/11 case of Ajmal Kasab in the Bombay High Court:October 18, 2010: Case begins in High Court, Kas...

• Kasab can now appeal in Supreme Court against death sentence

  Ajmal Kasab can now challenge his death sentence, upheld by the Bombay High Court today, in the Supreme Court. The apex court will again look at all the aspects of previous judgements, evidence, developments and arguments and give its final verdict.If the Supreme Court upholds the death penalty, Kasab, the lone 26/11 terrorist who was captured aliv...

• Death for Kasab; he killed Kamte, Salaskar, Karkare: Bombay High Court

  Ajmal Kasab, sporting a stubble and wearing a white kurta-pyjama, watched via video- conference as the Bombay High Court confirmed his death sentence for waging war against India with the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai in 2008. He did not react after the verdict was announced."There is no scope of reform or rehabilitation of the Convicted-accused," said t...

• Bombay High Court's verdict on Kasab's fate on Monday

  The Bombay High Court will deliver its verdict on the fate of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab on Monday, nine months after he was pronounced guilty of perpetrating the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and sentenced to death.The division bench of Justices Ranjana Desai and R V More, apart from pronouncing the judgement on confirmation of death sentence to...

• Sandeep Unnikrishnan's father hails verdict

  Hailing the death penalty awarded to Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, K Unnikrishnan, father of National Security Guard commando Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who was killed in the operation during the Mumbai terror attacks, said he did not want Kasab's hanging to be delayed.

• Kasab's sentence is message for Pak, says Moily

  Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily has said the verdict in the 26/11 case was a message to Pakistan that it cannot meddle in the country's affairs.

• I have done my job: Kasab's lawyer

  K S Pawar, the lawyer who appeared for Kasab, said any accused has the right to appeal against the verdict if he is not in agreement with it.

• The judge who handled the 26/11, Kasab trial

  Madan Laxmandas Tahaliyani, the judge who sent Ajmal Kasab to gallows, is versatile in both criminal and civil laws, an experience that came in handy during many a tricky moment during the Mumbai terror attack trial.     In a career spanning 23 years, Tahaliyani, a Sindhi from Gondia district of Maharashtra, has earned a reputat...

• Kasab, 26/11 terrorist, breaks down in court

  Ajmal Kasab, who was today awarded death sentence on four counts in the 26/11 terror attack case, broke down after hearing the sentence.As special judge M L Tahilyani was reading out the sentence, Kasab was seen sobbing. He asked for a glass of water during the pronouncement.After the sentence was read out, the Judge explained it to him in Hindi th...