Sunday, October 09, 2011: The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the
plea of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab challenging his conviction and
death sentence in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case.
Kasab, the sole convict in the case, has filed the petition through
jail authorities in the apex court which has appointed senior advocate
Raju Ramachandaran as amicus curie to assist it in deciding the appeal.
A bench of justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai will hear
the appeal.On September 2, the apex court had agreed to hear the plea of
Maharashtra government against the acquittal of two accused Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed in the 26/11 case.
It, however, had refused to pass any order on Kasab when the state
government pleaded that his letter to the Supreme Court challenging his
death sentence should be tagged with this appeal.”We are taking a step
regarding this (Kasab’s letter),”the bench had said.
The Bombay High Court had in its February 21 verdict upheld the trial
court order of death sentence of Kasab for the”brutal and
diabolical”attacks aimed at”destabilising”the government.
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