SG Abbas Kazmi, the lawyer for 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir Qasab, was sacked by Special Judge ML Tahaliyani on Monday. The sudden move comes three days after Kazmi submitted an unconditional apology for lying.

Special Judge Tahaliyani, who is presiding over the trial, ordered that the case would now be handled by Kazmi's assistant - lawyer KP Pawar, also a state appointee in the most high-profile legal trial in the country.