The special 26/11 trial court has terminated Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab's lawyer Abbas Kazmi on Monday, observing that he is not co-operating with it in the interest of justice.<br/><br/>The order on Kazmi's termination came after he refused to consider the court's suggestion to pick out 71 witnesses out of the total 340, divided into 12 categories including claimants of the deceased, panch witnesses and doctors.<br/><br/>The court had asked Kazmi to first consider how many witnesses he would like to cross-examine from the first category of 71 witnesses. He, however, stuck to his stand that he wanted to examine all the 340 witnesses and refused to consider the court's suggestion. <br/><br/>The court is likely to consider the appointment of one more advocate in the place of Kazmi.<br/><br/>Judge M L Tahiliyani also directed Kazmi to hand over all the documents and chargesheet of the case to advocate K P Pawar, who is assisting him in the case.
News On AIR | November 30, 2009 1:46 PM
26/11 trial court terminates Kasab's lawyer Kazmi