........India Pulse ........ Eight Months To Confirm Kasab’s Death Penalty? My Work Will Speak New Delhi: (IANS) The Bombay High Court statistical perspective, the possibility of the high High Court in disposing of a confirmation case could take 253 days (8 months, 13 days) to con- court rejecting all four sentences is too remote and stands at 76 days, and the longest at 469 days. For Itself: Tharoor firm the death penalty given to 26/11 terrorist extremely unlikely. At least two death sentences Accordingly, even if his appeals are heard on pri- New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor Ajmal Amir Kasab, a study of past such cases has are likely to be con- ority basis, the possibility of four distinct confir- recently said his “work will speak revealed. firmed,” Dhananjay, mation cases being disposed of in less than 253 for itself”, when asked about his fu- A study of hundreds of judgments of the who practices in the days looks very remote,” added Dhananjay. ture plans after quitting as junior for- Bombay High Court, especially in the last 17 years, Supreme Court, told Another roadblock in hanging Kasab will come eign minister over his alleged links to reveals that the average disposal time per case IANS. if the gunman appeals to the Supreme Court against the Kochi Indian Premier League comes to 253 days. “It is most likely the high court ruling and then files a clemency (IPL) franchise. He refused to As per the procedure, every death penalty that the Bombay High petition before the president. elaborate. “I am not giving any awarded by a sessions court has to be confirmed Court would stay the “A clemency petition to the president is re- media interviews. My work will speak for itself.” by the state high court. confirmation order of quired to be made in respect of each death sen- Dressed in a white kurta-pyjama with a tricolor The state government has to formally ap- the death sentence for tence. Accordingly, if Kasab wishes to seek par- scarf around his neck, he looked relaxed and none the proach the high court for confirmation of the sen- a period, generally of don from the president, he would be required to worse for the controversy that cost him his job. tence. eight weeks, to allow submit four distinct clemency petitions,” said The IPL row erupted after its then chairman Lalit “The Bombay High Court has rejected the the convict to appeal to the Supreme Court under Dhananjay. Modi revealed that Tharoor had allegedly misused his death penalty in 52 percent of the cases and only Article 136 of the Constitution,” Dhananjay added. Kasab was last Thursday sentenced to death office to help his close friend Sunanda Pushkar get in 48 percent cases confirmed the sentence,” ac- In case Kasab appeals, the Bombay High for his role in the 26/11 carnage by a special court Rs.70 crore sweat equity in the IPL Kochi franchise. cording to advocate K.V. Dhananjay, who has done Court will combine the two cases - confirmation in Mumbai. The Nov 26-29, 2008 terror attack, The issue snowballed , with fingers being pointed at the study along with a battery of other lawyers. of death sentence and his appeal - to avoid diverse which left 166 people dead and 244 injured, was the auctions of two franchises in 2008 and the “Given the fact that Kasab has been sen- conclusions. carried out by 10 Pakistani terrorists, including income tax authorities conducting raids at the IPL tenced to four distinct death penalties, from the “The shortest time taken by the Bombay Kasab. offices in Mumbai. Madhuri Gupta: A Lonely Woman I Want To Run Around Trees & Exploited For Her Insecurities? New Delhi: (IANS) She was a lonely spin- for money or love,” the sources told IANS, but Sing With SRK: Ms India World ster with a taste for life’s good and extravagant said the jury was still out on her and more secrets Mumbai: (IANS) The newly crowned am focused on my goals. And you know, we all things. She also bore a grudge against her superi- might come out in the course of further interroga- Miss India World 2010 Manasvi Mamgai go through tough times and we tend to give up. ors. And when Madhuri Gupta got a chance to tion and investigation. says Bollywood can wait for sometime, but But during such times sustaining the belief in work on her Urdu language skills at the Indian The possibility of Gupta acting as she did deep inside her heart she wishes to work yourself and going ahead is the most important mission in Islamabad, exposing her to virulent anti- just to “get back” at her “tormentors” in the MEA with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh thing. I have that quality,” said Manasvi. India propaganda from rightwing Pakistani media, is not altogether being ruled out, but the gravity of Khan. “Also, I had a great it didn’t take long for the junior Indian diplomat to her actions and the sustained period of several “I would like to stage presence because I turn against her own country. months for which she played the mole for the work with Shah Rukh had been dancing for a long Piecing together information from her con- Pakistanis is making counter-intelligence authori- Khan. He is my favor- time. So I am very com- fessions and a dissection of her ties here delve further. They are hop- ite actor. I want to run fortable on stage. That’s e-mails, interrogators have pro- ing that the reading of her computer around trees and sing what gave me an edge over filed a woman who fell for blan- hard disc would throw up more evi- songs with him,” others.” dishments and non-financial dence and clues. Manasvi told IANS in From this year, the lures to sell her country’s secrets There is little doubt that the Paki- an interview. Miss Universe franchise as she indulged in her weak- stanis played on her psychological inse- Delhi girl has been taken over by nesses. The 53-year-old, who curities: a lonely woman, with no par- Manasvi is not new to Sushmita Sen’s company was second secretary in the ents, her only sibling a brother not much the fashion world. and hence the title was re- press and information section at in contact; a woman who drank and ate The 22-year-old has placed by Miss Interna- the Indian High Commission at Islamabad, also heavily, had flamboyant tastes in clothes and jewellery been a regular at Wills tional. saw it as an opportunity to get even with her and was susceptible to pampering with personal gifts. Lifestyle India Fash- But the leggy lass has bosses at the external affairs ministry who would Her knowledge of Urdu that exposed her to major ion Week (WIFW) and no regrets. “My dream not even grant her paid study leave she thought Pakistani newspapers, particularly papers like the has featured in TV since childhood was to be- she was entitled to. Nawa-i-Waqt, owned by Majid Nizami, widely be- commercials of Fair come Miss World. I won’t So she used her knowledge of Urdu to lieved to be connected to Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz and Lovely as well. call myself successful till I familiarise herself with the issues that bedevil bilat- Saeed also with known links to the ISI, proved potent Apart from this, she get the Miss World crown eral issues, kept her eyes and ears wide open for the motivational influences for her, officials said. was crowned Miss on my head. I hope I do vital and the trivial and made frequents trips to New However, it is unlikely that she was able to Tourism International get it,” she said. Delhi to bring herself up to speed with the current pass on reports of any significant or sensitive in 2008. So has the feeling sunk in that she is finally thinking on Pakistan, giving her insights from what nature other than the high commission’s activi- closer to winning her dream title Miss World? she was able to gather on the peace dialogue, ties, and till now there is no indication that there “Now finally, after a few days, the feeling SAARC, terrorism and military issues. has been any serious security compromise or that My dream since childhood was to has sunk in. First day I felt that I am in a But just as curiosity killed the cat, her “un- important documents were traded, knowledge- become Miss World. I won’t call dreamland. I woke up in the morning and pinched usual” eagerness to inform herself about military able sources added. myself successful till I wear the myself just to realise that no it’s not a dream matters of concern to Pakistan earned the suspi- A thorough study of her mails revealed that and I have actually done it.” cion of the defence attache’s office at the Indian she was a “faithful reporter” of the events and Miss World crown on my head... After Priyanka Chopra, who won the Miss High Commission who then trapped her with false schedules at the Indian High Commission, giving World title in 2000, no Indian beauty has brought leads that ultimately led to her undoing and her daily and weekly reports of the engagements of home the international title. arrest here last week. the high commissioner and other staff and other At the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2010 So doesn’t this put added pressure on her But it is yet unclear what Gupta got from her schedules which she diligently kept track of.