JUDGE M L TAHALIYANI’S QUOTE [PRO DEATH PENALTY QUOTE OF THE WEEK ~ SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2012 TO SATURDAY 1 DECEMBER 2012]

In memory of the 2008 Mumbai Attacks, I post this quote from Judge M L Tahaliyani, I praised this judge for standing up for victims’ rights. 

QUOTE: ''Courts must remember not just rights of the criminal but also the victims,'' he said, sentencing gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab to death on five counts. [6 May 2010]

AUTHOR: M L Tahaliyani A.K.A Madanlal Laxmandas Tahaliyani (born on 23 December 1953 in Sardar Shahar, District Churu, Rajasthan, India) is an Indian High Court judge in Bombay, India. Justice Tahaliyani hails from Gondia district in Maharashtra. He completed his Law degree from Nagpur. He was also the judge in the infamous Gulshan Kumar murder case. Coincidentally, Special Public Prosecutor in the 26/11 case, Ujjwal Nikam, was the prosecutor and Abbas Kazmi was the defence lawyer in that case. Tahiliyani was also a special judge assigned to handle CBI cases. In 1987, he became the magistrate at the Bandra Metropolitan Court; he was appointed as Additional Sessions judge in the Mumbai Sessions Court in 1997. In 2009, Tahiliyani was appointed as the judge in the 26/11 trial. Dedicated judge he is, Tahiliyani along with his staff worked through the Diwali vacations and didn't take time off even when there were no court hearings. He would come to finish even the administration work related to the case.

Justice Tahaliyani started trials of this attack on May 6, 2009, and delivered the judgment within a year on May 6, 2010, sentencing Kasab to the gallows for killing 148 and injuring over 248. The high court upheld this verdict on February 21 last year. Kasab, lodged at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail, then filed a special leave petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court.

Justice Tahaliyani was elevated as high court judge on March 18 last year. The top court confirmed death penalty to Kasab on August 29. The Pakistani-born terrorist filed a mercy plea with the President's office, which was rejected on November 8. .

Justice Tahaliyani completed his law degree from Gondia's Natwarlal Maniklal Dalal College and started practising in 1977.

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