<p>Kasab will not be present in person but participate in the proceedings through video-conferencing in view of the threat perceptions against him.<br /><br />The day-to-day hearing will be taken up before a division bench of Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice R.V. More.<br /><br />Special Judge M.L. Tahaliyani, who is now the principal sessions judge, awarded the capital punishment to the 22-year-old Pakistani gunman for his role in the Nov 26-29, 2008 Mumbai attack that claimed the lives of 166 people, including 26 foreigners.<br /><br />Unprecedented security measures have been ordered in the court premises with strict regulations on the entry of lawyers, litigants, mediapersons, court employees and others in Court No. 49.<br /><br />Government counsel Ujjwal Nikam, who fought the case in the trial court, will open his arguments seeking confirmation of the death sentence.<br /><br />Later, defence lawyers Farhana Shah and Amin Solkar will make their submissions on the confirmation of the sentence and their appeal against it.<br /><br />Two other co-accused in the case, Faheem Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmed, who were acquitted by the Special Court owing to "doubtful evidence" against them, were re-arrested following an appeal filed by the state government.<br /><br />Both are currently lodged in different jails in Mumbai.<br />Nine out of 10 gunmen, barring Kasab, who staged the attack were killed by security forces.</p>
<p>Kasab will not be present in person but participate in the proceedings through video-conferencing in view of the threat perceptions against him.<br /><br />The day-to-day hearing will be taken up before a division bench of Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice R.V. More.<br /><br />Special Judge M.L. Tahaliyani, who is now the principal sessions judge, awarded the capital punishment to the 22-year-old Pakistani gunman for his role in the Nov 26-29, 2008 Mumbai attack that claimed the lives of 166 people, including 26 foreigners.<br /><br />Unprecedented security measures have been ordered in the court premises with strict regulations on the entry of lawyers, litigants, mediapersons, court employees and others in Court No. 49.<br /><br />Government counsel Ujjwal Nikam, who fought the case in the trial court, will open his arguments seeking confirmation of the death sentence.<br /><br />Later, defence lawyers Farhana Shah and Amin Solkar will make their submissions on the confirmation of the sentence and their appeal against it.<br /><br />Two other co-accused in the case, Faheem Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmed, who were acquitted by the Special Court owing to "doubtful evidence" against them, were re-arrested following an appeal filed by the state government.<br /><br />Both are currently lodged in different jails in Mumbai.<br />Nine out of 10 gunmen, barring Kasab, who staged the attack were killed by security forces.</p>