New Delhi: Union Home Ministry on Tuesday recommended the rejection of the mercy petition of Pakistani terrorist and 26/11 lone survivor Ajmal Kasab. Senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam has welcomed the development, saying "President has to study the recommendation of MHA. It's a positive phase in the case. It's a good development." K Unnikrishnan, NSG martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan's father, said, "I am happy that we did not make a mistake. I am very sure that President will take a decision very soon."
A top Home Ministry official said Kasab's mercy petition has been dismissed as he was involved in a grave crime and waging war against India that led to killing 166 people, including foreigners. The 25-year-old Pakistani and nine other fellow Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists had landed in Mumbai on November 26, 2008 by sea from Karachi and had gone on a shooting spree at various places, carrying out the country's worst terror attack. While Kasab was captured alive, the other terrorists were killed by security forces.
Kasab's mercy petition was sent to the Home Ministry by the Maharashtra government last month after rejecting the plea. A brief official release said, "the Home Ministry has only processed Kasab's mercy petition and submitted it to President for decision"....
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12:01 AM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: The 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab Tuesday told the Supreme Court that he was denied fair trial as he was not provided legal assistance during the initial stages as mandated under the Indian constitution. Once an accused, including a foreigner, is tried for an offence in India the provisions related to arrest as mentioned in the constitution get applied in his case. "Denial...
11:58 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: The 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab Tuesday told the Supreme Court that he was denied fair trial as he was not provided legal assistance during the initial stages as mandated under the Indian constitution. Once an accused, including a foreigner, is tried for an offence in India the provisions related to arrest as mentioned in the constitution get applied in his case. "Denial ...
11:58 PM, Jan 31, 2012
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04:34 PM, Jun 08, 2010
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11:43 PM, May 24, 2010
Union Law Minister says if Ajmal Amir Kasab appeals against his death sentence then it will be fast tracked. ...
06:41 PM, May 11, 2010
In this week's episode of The Week That Wasn't, Cyrus explores the lighter side of 26/11 verdict. ...
01:21 PM, May 09, 2010
Despite the court verdict on Ajmal Kasab, Pakistan is still non-committal on action against Hafiz Saeed. ...
09:30 AM, May 07, 2010
Congress says there is no reason why Kasab's death sentence will be delayed as the queue is not set in stone. ...
12:24 AM, May 07, 2010
At 1340 hrs IST on Thursday the special court of Judge M L Tahaliyani gave the lone Mumbai attacker captured alive, Ajmal Amir Kasab, the death sentence. The judge said there was no chance for reform and Kasab should get the death sentence for his role in 26/11 Mumbai attacks. ...
11:51 PM, May 06, 2010
A special court in Mumbai has finally sentenced Ajmal Kasab to death in the 26/11 case. It’s a judgment with legal, political and diplomatic implications and we'll try and explore all these dimensions in this special programme. ...
11:17 PM, May 06, 2010
Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. How successful was the Indo-Pakistan summit in Thimphu and has the conviction of Ajmal Kasab suddendly set back the Indo-Pak rapprochement. Those are the issues I shall raise in the first post-Thimphu interview with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Foreign Minister, let's start with the subject that's right at the top of everyone's mind in India today -- the conviction of...
10:35 PM, May 06, 2010
BJP leader Arun Jaitley says justice will be fully delivered only when the masterminds of the attack are convicted and punished. ...
08:43 PM, May 06, 2010
Mumbai: Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab on Thursday got the death sentence for killing scores of people during the Mumbai terror attacks. "Kasab has no chance to reform," said the court while sentencing him to death. Kasab's victims couldn’t agree more. "For me, this is not the closure. The closure will come only when the masterminds are apprehended," said Sevanti Parekh, who lost his son and daughter-in-law in the attacks....
08:17 PM, May 06, 2010
Mumbai Police assistant sub-inspector Tukaram Ombale was killed trying to arrest Ajmal Amir Kasab. ...
08:08 PM, May 06, 2010
Maharashtra, whose capital Mumbai suffered the country's worst terror attack in 2008, does not have a hangman. ...
06:58 PM, May 06, 2010
The court, however, refused to pass any order on the plea after which the prosecution too did not press for it. ...
06:42 PM, May 06, 2010
The long list of convicts on death row means that Kasab's execution, if at all it takes place, may not happen soon. ...
06:19 PM, May 06, 2010
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26/11 terrorist's counsel says he did his best to save his client. ...
04:53 PM, May 06, 2010
