Delhi blast; Legal eagles defending terror accused sympathise with victims

They might be defending terror accused in various courts in the country but the legal eagles condemned the blast at the Delhi High Court on Wednesday.

Supreme Court lawyer Kamini Jaiswal, who defended Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru in various courts, said: “These attacks are cowardly attacks and I strongly condemned such attacks. I defended Afzal on the basis of the case law. He is just a client to me and our legal system gives equal opportunity to both the sides to defend in the court of law.”

Criminal lawyer KTS Tulsi, who defended Devender Singh Bhullar, who was facing death penalty for the car bomb attack in September 1993 that killed 102 people including former Indian Youth Congress chief MS Bitta in the Supreme Court, said:

“Fighting for our cases is a different issue and that does not mean that we support our clients’ action. It is unfair to equate the two.”

Lawyer Sanjeev Beniwal, who rushed his client Mehtab Singh, 55, to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, could not hold his tears back after doctors said Singh had succumbed to injuries.

“He [Singh] was fighting a property-related case at the court. He was getting his pass made when the explosion took place. His son Rohit and my associate Sachin Powa have also been injured,” said Beniwal, who was also injured in the blast.

Neeru Mahendra, wife of injured Pramod Mahendra, was seen running helter-skelter to arrange for medical aid for him at the hospital. “He had gone to the court as our daughter Aarti Sabharwal is fighting a dowry case," Mahendra said.