Maharashtra Govts spends Rs. 40 lakh on Lawyers in the case of 90: 10 quota
Source: Sakal dated September 2009- RTI aksed by Sh. Vikas Bade of Mumbai Sakal ( Translation- (not verbatim) of report in Marathi) Remember the case in HC Mumbai about quota of 90 % for SSC students for admission in 11 th standard ( & 10 % for CBSE & ICSE) Education Minister Sh. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil wanted very senior lawyers to fight the case to justify/ defend the Govt stand in HC. He appointed Sh. K.K. Singhvi & Sh. Anil Sakhare for the purpose. Sh. Singhvi charged Rs. 3. 5 lakh per appearance, total six such appearances cost was Rs 21 lakh, in addition to this he charged Rs. 50,000 per meeting, total six such meetings cost was Rs. 3 lakh. Sh. Sakhare chared Rs. 1.75 lakh per appearance, total eight such appearance cost Rs. 14 lakh. He also charged Rs. 25,000 per meeting, total five such meetings cost Rs. 1.25 lakh. Sh. Ujwal Nikam who represented govt during the bomb blast case was given Rs. 5,000 per day. Questions are being asked for the necessity for appointing such high cost lawyers/ also about need to appoint special lawyers when govt has its own lawyers on the panel. -- Thanks & Rgds Ajay Marathe Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
