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'Hoodlums Shouldn't Become Judges'

The leading criminal lawyer and Rajya Sabha MP on the Shiv Sena/Bal Thackeray attacks on his representing Dec 13 accused and much more.

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'Hoodlums Shouldn't Become Judges'
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Leading criminal lawyer and Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani's decision to defend the suspended lecturer, S.A.R. Geelani, one of the accused in the December 13 terrorist attack on Parliament, has raised Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's hackles. Despite vociferous protests with Sainiks defacing Jethmalani's office premises in Mumbai and a signed editorial by the Sena chief asking him to quit the Rajya Sabha before "shedding tears for traitors", Jethmalani has stood his ground. Excerpts of an interview with Murali Krishnan:
What were the specific reasons that prompted you to defend Geelani?
Defence counsel have pointed to the shoddy police investigations in the trial stage, especially when it came to telephone intercepts.

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What else made you take up the case?
The Shiv Sena is angered by your move to defend the accused.
But the fact is you are a Rajya Sabha MP supported by the Sena.
What are the merits of the Geelani case?
Are there other reasons?
Anyone in particular?
Will your representing Geelani increase your leverage in the Kashmir Committee that you head?
But why did you not defend Geelani during the trial stage?
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