Everyone should know the laws: Sanjay Dutt at bar council event

Mumbai: “Everyone should be a law-abiding citizen and everyone should know the laws,” said actor Sanjay Dutt on Sunday. He spoke at the ‘continuous education’ programme of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, where Justice Bhushan Gavai of Supreme Court inaugurated TASKS—Trial Analysis Study and Knowledge Seminars.
The discussion focused on Dutt’s case, where he was sentenced to five years under the Arms Act in the 1993 bomb blasts case. He was responding to a question from advocate Sangram Desai, chief of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, during a panel discussion about what his takeaway was from his time in prison.
Dutt suggested that “convicts be allowed a chance to have a meal with family” to not feel completely cut off.
Special public prosecutor in the 1993 blasts case, Ujjwal Nikam, said the case was based on circumstantial evidence, not direct, and the circle of evidence was proven with confessions and recoveries. Dutt’s counsel, Satish Maneshinde, said if the trial were held in today’s times with digital evidence of CCTV footage, the outcome could well have been different, with no sentence for the actor.
A trial is the foundation of any judicial system and underscores the importance of rule of law and the administration of justice, said Justice Gavai. He and Bombay HC Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya highlighted the importance of the two essential legal principles that ensure citizens’ rights are not thwarted.tnn
Mumbai: “Everyone should be a law-abiding citizen and everyone should know the laws,” said actor Sanjay Dutt on Sunday. He spoke at the ‘continuous education’ programme of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, where Justice Bhushan Gavai of Supreme Court inaugurated TASKS—Trial Analysis Study and Knowledge Seminars.
The discussion focused on Dutt’s case, where he was sentenced to five years under the Arms Act in the 1993 bomb blasts case. He was responding to a question from advocate Sangram Desai, chief of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, during a panel discussion about what his takeaway was from his time in prison.
Dutt suggested that “convicts be allowed a chance to have a meal with family” to not feel completely cut off.
Special public prosecutor in the 1993 blasts case, Ujjwal Nikam, said the case was based on circumstantial evidence, not direct, and the circle of evidence was proven with confessions and recoveries. Dutt’s counsel, Satish Maneshinde, said if the trial were held in today’s times with digital evidence of CCTV footage, the outcome could well have been different, with no sentence for the actor.
A trial is the foundation of any judicial system and underscores the importance of rule of law and the administration of justice, said Justice Gavai. He and Bombay HC Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya highlighted the importance of the two essential legal principles that ensure citizens’ rights are not thwarted.tnn