What is EasyBakar ?

This is a blog which will give you pointers to initiate, continue with and finish a conversation.

We want you to flaunt your grey matter. In case you lack some, come here and get some.

Happy Bakar-ing.....

Friday, December 12, 2008

Lawyer refused to represent Kasab

  • Advocate Dinesh Mota who was assigned to represent Kasab refused to represent him while appearing in courtroom of additional chief metropolitan magistrate N N Shrimangale at Esplanade and said: "I will not appear as legal aid for Kasab even at the risk of my `sanad' (licence to work as a legal aid lawyer) being cancelled.''
  • He later said: "I felt so relieved that I don't recall the magistrate's exact words but he was kind enough not to urge me to change my mind. I was ready for whatever action against me.''
  • "This was the first time I faced this kind of situation in my 10 years as a legal aid advocate. I refused to appear for some 1993 blast accused but I appeared for Tariq Parveen. I have been asked to appear as legal aid lawyer for several cases of arms recovery, even murder cases and recently in a case of false alarm raised in a jail fight between inmates. But, in one murder case, I failed to rescue the accused as there was direct evidence against him,'' he said.
The law provides for a fair trial and an advocate. But in Kasab's case where every lawyer of Mumbai has decided not to take up his case will result in delay of his hearing. This in turn will delay the judgment and this will be not fair to the people who want to see him getting punished. In my opinion this is a very clear case and even if a lawyer represents him he has no chance of getting him aquitted so why not take up his case and get over with it. Because justice delayed is justice denied and this is what is happening.
Posted by
Labels:

2 comments:

  1. NamrataDecember 13, 2008 at 9:14 AM

    it is true that justice would be delayed unless a lawyer consents to fight for Kasab.But in consideration of what Kasab and his accomplices did to Mumbai,no lawyer whether risking his license or not,would want to defend a terrorist who committed such a heinous act against their hometown.it is not a question of winning or losing the trial but a question of defending such heights of immense inhumanity.

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownDecember 13, 2008 at 2:47 PM

    true, why would any lawyer want to tarnish his public image by representing a terrorist? we were pretty much up in arms when mr. ram jethmalani took up manu sharma's defence (which still pretty much fell under the right of being represented by an attorney), but this would be going way too far.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)