New Delhi: The "high professional ethics" of counsel Raju Ramachandran and Gaurav Agrawal, who sought to donate to the legal service authority their fees worth around Rs 15 lakh, earned for helping the court as amicus curae in
deciding the appeal of the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist Ajmal Kasab, on Wednesday won the wholesome praise of the Supreme Court.
Appreciating their gesture, a bench of justices Aftab Alam and CK Prasad asked the Maharashtra government to distribute the fee for the two counsel among family members of the 18 state policemen and other security personnel, who were
killed in the 26/11 anti-terror operations. ...
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08:10 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: Reacting to the apex court verdict which upheld the death sentence awarded to Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, who defended him in the apex court as amicus curiae, said he "bows down" to the ruling. "I bow to the verdict of the court. As amicus curiae, I was given an opportunity to advance every convincing arguments, I could,"...
02:01 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: Amicus Curiae Raju Ramachandran's report on the 2002 Gujarat riots found that the role Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi needs to be investigated. Read the full text of the final report: SUBMITTED BY: RAJU RAMACHANDRAN, SENIOR ADVOCATE (AMICUS CURIAE) I.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND: 1.This Hon'ble Court vide order dated 27.04.2009 directed the Special Investigation Team [hereinafter 'SIT'] to "look into" the complaint submitted by the Petitioner No. 1 on...
02:34 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: Amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran on Tueday said that the complainant in the Gulbarg Society massacre case shouldn't be disappointed with the SIT report which exonerated Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. "It's a fact that there have been some areas of difference. The complainant has a right to file a protest petition. They can challenge the closure report. They shouldn't be disappointed," he told CNN-IBN. "I expect that my...
07:15 PM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: The sole convict in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, on Tuesday contended before the Supreme Court that he was not given a free and fair trial in the case. Senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, who has been appointed as amicus curiae by the apex court, told a bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam that he was not a part of the larger conspiracy for...
02:13 PM, Jan 31, 2012
The amicus curaie report in the 2002 Gujarat riots case has recommended the case against Modi can't be closed. ...
06:07 PM, Oct 23, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday is likely to decide whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's role should be probed in the 2002 Gulbarg Society case. Sixty nine people, including Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, were killed by a rioting mob in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002. In February, the SIT team headed by former CBI Chief RK Radhavan submitted a 600 page report in sealed envelope to the Supreme...
11:26 PM, Sep 11, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has not taken IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's affidavit, implicating Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 Gujarat riots case, on record. However, sources say that Amicus Curae (friend of court) Raju Ramachandran will call upon Bhatt to examine him. Bhatt, a 47-year-old police officer, who is currently heading the State Reserve Police Training Centre at Junagadh, has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court...
05:27 PM, May 05, 2011
