Can anyone through more light on this subject. I wonder why the lawyers cost these much?? Do they assure the judgements and/or shope it??
I invite enlightened persons to give this issue the much needed attention and considerations for public interest. Vijay Mehta. --- In [email protected], ajay marathe <marathe.a...@...> wrote: > > 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] >
