'No Longer Any Difference Between Physical And Virtual Courts; Get Used To It' : Justice Khanwilkar
"There is no longer any difference between physical and virtual hearings; get used to this", said Justice AM Khanwilkar while adjourning the appeal against the Bombay High Court's order upholding the conviction of gangster Arun Gawli in the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsednakar and the life imprisonment awarded to him by the Special MCOCA Court. The comment was rendered by...
"There is no longer any difference between physical and virtual hearings; get used to this", said Justice AM Khanwilkar while adjourning the appeal against the Bombay High Court's order upholding the conviction of gangster Arun Gawli in the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsednakar and the life imprisonment awarded to him by the Special MCOCA Court.
Justice Khanwilkar responded to Mishra by stating that there was no longer any difference between the physical and virtual hearings, and it was time to get used to virtual hearings.
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Gawli's matter will now be listed after the Diwali vacations.
A Division Bench of Justices BP Dharmadhikari and Swapna Joshi in a 253-page judgement dismissed appeals filed by all the accused, except four who were acquitted under the stringent MCOCA, but convicted for murder.
The 60-year-old Gawli, who is currently lodged at Taloja Central prison, was convicted for the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar in 2012 by a Special Court under the MCOC Act. Gawli was arrested in 2008 in relation to the case and has been in jail since then.