Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam

The BJP has named lawyer Ujjwal Nikam who was the public prosecutor in the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks as its candidate from Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency.

The extradition of Pakistan-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, recently rearrested in the US for his alleged involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, will throw more light on the activities of the ISI, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said on Saturday.

Senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, who appeared as special public prosecutor in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, on Sunday blamed the Pakistan government for delay in the trial against masterminds of the attack.

Senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam has withdrawn as special public prosecutor in the 2014 Mohsin Sheikh murder case in which members of the Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) are accused. The Maharashtra government last month cancelled the appointment of Mr Nikam following a request from him, sources said.

As questions are being raised on whether the prosecution concealed certain "mitigating factors" that might have led to a lighter sentence for Yakub Memon, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam has denied any knowledge of what transpired between him and the intelligence agencies when he was arrested in 1994.

After he confessed that he cooked up a statement about terrorist Ajmal Kasab wanting biryani in jail, public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam has been asked for a clarification by the Maharashtra government.

26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Kasab's demand for Mutton Biryani in jail was just a myth and was "concocted" to stop an "emotional wave" which was being created in favour of the militant, claimed Ujjwal Nikam, public prosecutor in the case.

Public prosecutor in the Shakti Mills gang rape case today criticised Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for his rape remark saying that such statements would provoke criminals to commit serious crimes.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan yesterday said he had requested noted criminal lawyer Ujjwal Nikam to appear as public prosecutor in the gang-rape case of a photojournalist in Mumbai.

Reacting to a US court sentencing Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Headley to 35 years in prison, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjawal Nikam on Friday said that Mr Headley should be made an approver in the case.

Homage has been paid to all those who lost their lives in the 26/11 attack by the hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, who appeared for police in the case, said on Wedmesday.

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...

Disheartened by the Sessions Court verdict in the high profile murder case of media executive Neeraj Grover, his father Amarnath had appealed to the Home Ministry to appoint noted lawyer Ujjwal Nikam as the special public prosecutor (PP) in the case. The Ministry, however, told him that if he wanted to avail of his services, he had to pay Nikam's f...

A special court on Monday convicted Ajmal Kasab - the lone surviving terrorist from the 26/11 Mumbai attacks - holding him guilty of all 86 charges against him, including murdering 7 people, abetting the murder of 159, conspiracy and of waging war against the nation.

Ajmal Kasab was pronounced guilty of waging war, murdering 7 people, and helping to kill 159 others in the 62-hour attack on Mumbai that began on 26/11/2008. Of the ten terrorists who arrived by boat to ravage Mumbai, only Kasab was caught alive.

The BJP has named lawyer Ujjwal Nikam who was the public prosecutor in the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks as its candidate from Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency.

The extradition of Pakistan-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, recently rearrested in the US for his alleged involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, will throw more light on the activities of the ISI, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said on Saturday.

Senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, who appeared as special public prosecutor in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, on Sunday blamed the Pakistan government for delay in the trial against masterminds of the attack.

Senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam has withdrawn as special public prosecutor in the 2014 Mohsin Sheikh murder case in which members of the Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) are accused. The Maharashtra government last month cancelled the appointment of Mr Nikam following a request from him, sources said.

As questions are being raised on whether the prosecution concealed certain "mitigating factors" that might have led to a lighter sentence for Yakub Memon, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam has denied any knowledge of what transpired between him and the intelligence agencies when he was arrested in 1994.

After he confessed that he cooked up a statement about terrorist Ajmal Kasab wanting biryani in jail, public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam has been asked for a clarification by the Maharashtra government.

26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Kasab's demand for Mutton Biryani in jail was just a myth and was "concocted" to stop an "emotional wave" which was being created in favour of the militant, claimed Ujjwal Nikam, public prosecutor in the case.

Public prosecutor in the Shakti Mills gang rape case today criticised Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for his rape remark saying that such statements would provoke criminals to commit serious crimes.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan yesterday said he had requested noted criminal lawyer Ujjwal Nikam to appear as public prosecutor in the gang-rape case of a photojournalist in Mumbai.

Reacting to a US court sentencing Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Headley to 35 years in prison, Special Public Prosecutor Ujjawal Nikam on Friday said that Mr Headley should be made an approver in the case.

Homage has been paid to all those who lost their lives in the 26/11 attack by the hanging of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, who appeared for police in the case, said on Wedmesday.

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...

Disheartened by the Sessions Court verdict in the high profile murder case of media executive Neeraj Grover, his father Amarnath had appealed to the Home Ministry to appoint noted lawyer Ujjwal Nikam as the special public prosecutor (PP) in the case. The Ministry, however, told him that if he wanted to avail of his services, he had to pay Nikam's f...

A special court on Monday convicted Ajmal Kasab - the lone surviving terrorist from the 26/11 Mumbai attacks - holding him guilty of all 86 charges against him, including murdering 7 people, abetting the murder of 159, conspiracy and of waging war against the nation.

Ajmal Kasab was pronounced guilty of waging war, murdering 7 people, and helping to kill 159 others in the 62-hour attack on Mumbai that began on 26/11/2008. Of the ten terrorists who arrived by boat to ravage Mumbai, only Kasab was caught alive.