26/11 prosecutor to Mumbai North Central candidate

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26/11 prosecutor to Mumbai North Central candidate – Ujjwal Nikam all residence for ‘fresh innings’ with BJP

Ujjwal Nikam — the high-profile attorney who has handled numerous predominant cases, alongside with that of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as a Special Public Prosecutor — is all residence to enter the uncharted territory of politics after being named because the BJP’s candidate for the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha seat on Saturday.

Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the senior BJP management, Nikam admitted that even supposing he has no political background, he’s confident of starting the fresh innings on a winning present.

It was as soon as the execution of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab for his feature in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that earned Nikam frequent recognition and solidified his status as a attorney.

Showing as a authorities counsel, the pinnacle attorney remembers that Kasab regularly frail to name him “Badshah” real by technique of and after the court docket hearings.

After the Kolhapur district court docket ordered the execution of Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit in a case of kidnapping of children and killing about a of them, young boys and girls dispensed sugar originate air the court docket, making Nikam smartly-liked among the childhood.

Nikam, who hails from the Jalgaon district in Maharashtra, has at all times taken satisfaction in being recognised as a attorney who took to regulations as he fell wanting appropriate two marks and failed to find admission in a medical course.

As he climbed against greater success, Nikam began to be recognised as a troubleshooter in going by technique of serious prison cases.

Throughout his career as an advocate, he has been identified in lawful circles for making in-depth arguments. In most of the prison cases he handled, the judgments came in the disclose authorities’s favour.

An ardent advocate of “sturdy and self sustaining judiciary”, Nikam believes in conserving public’s faith in the total system and calls for transparency in the appointment of judges. He is a firm believer in not appointing retired judges to posts which comprise “political connections”.

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