Kasab wants to challenge death sentence

All stoicism that fated Pakistani gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab displayed when he was sentence to death by hanging for the 26/11 terrorist attack in Mumbai seems to have spread.Within a month of the penalty, the Kasab approached Bombay High Court to challenge the death sentence awarded to him by a individual court in the 6th May

Arthur Road jail authorities long-established a letter of complaint dated Kasab together with a copy of the order cited in over 1,500 pages was submitted to the High Court. Jail petition sent Kasab has also requested that a lawyer from the Legal Aid panel chosen to represent him in the High Court.

High Court Legal Services Committee (HCLSC) has received Kasab request, which is expected to be placed before the Chief Justice JN Patel, who is the patron saint chief of Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority (MSLSA) and Chief Judge Justice Ranjan Desai, president of HCLSC.

Kasab were provided with free legal aid - first in Abbas Kazmi, his attorney and lawyer KP Pawar - on trial. He has the ability to select experienced lawyers from HC panel to defend him in the High Court, said a HC lawyer.

MSLSA was formed to implement the legitimate mandate to provide access to justice for all, so that fairness is not denied because of economic or other disabilities.