
While striking down Waghmares’s appointment, the court allowed Waghmare’s assistant KP Pawar to continue to represent Kasab. Waghmare had earlier been appointed from a legal aid cell and her residence had been attacked by Shiv Sena activists on the night after her appointment had been declared. Following the attack on her residence Waghmare had also stated that she would withdraw her vakalatnama only to change her mind the next day and state that she would continue to defend Kasab.