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Fact check: Did Ex-NCP Leader Majeed Memon Defend 26/11 Terror Attack Convict Ajmal Kasab?
Claim:
Newschecker: While the BJP gave ticket to Ujjwal Nikam who argued against 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab, Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP) gave Rajya Sabha ticket to Majeed Memon, a lawyer who defended the terrorist in court.
The post can be seen here.
Investigation:
We found that Memon was in fact a Rajya Sabha MP from NCP from to , however he later quit the party in and joined the TMC the same year. It is to be noted that during Memon’s tenure as a Rajya Sabha MP representing the NCP, the party had not yet split into two separate factions.
Following this, we did a keyword search for “Majeed Memon” and “Kasab” on Google, but did not find any credible reports suggesting that he had represented the terrorist in court.
Infact, a PTI report, dated December 6, , quoted Majeed Memon as saying that “There ar
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Long wait for Kasab lawyers to get legal fee
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The two lawyers claimed that the legal aid cell of Maharashtra Government was yet to klar their remuneration.
Mumbai: It seems to be a long wait for the two lawyers of Mumbai terror attack's lone surviving gunman Ajmal Kasab to get their legal fees. Amin Solkar and Farhana Shah had argued for Kasab in the Bombay High Court against his death sentence almost on a day-to-day grund for nearly nine months. They were nominated bygd the High Court.
But the two claimed that the legal aid cell of Maharashtra Government was yet to klar their remuneration.
The High Court had given its verdict confirming the death penalty of the Pakistani national in February The Lashker-e-Taiba(LeT) terrorist has challenged the verdict in the Supreme Court.
After their nomination, Solkar and Shah were appointed by the Maharashtra State Legal Services department to take up Kasab's defence in his appeal against the death penalty awarded
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Did you know? The men and women behind Kasab's verdict
Special Public Prosecutor: Ujjwal Nikam
54 year old Ujjwal Nikam has become the first choice for the state government when it comes to prosecuting accused persons in high profile cases; be it the March Bombay Blasts Case (BBC) or the 26/11 carnage or the controversial Khairlanji killings, where a dalit family was murdered by members of upper caste.
Nikam is the only lawyer who has a security equivalent to that of a cabinet minister, considering the threat to his life.
And the reasons for the states’ preference are justified when one takes a look at statistics secured by the Jalgaon borne lawyer. Nikam has secured life imprisonment for a whopping accused and capital punishment for 34 other criminals ever since he first handled a case as a special public prosecutor in
Starting his career on the civil side in as a legal advisor to the Zilla Parishad, State Bank of India and the state transport commission, Nikam took up