Pune, noted the Criminal Lawyer Shrikant Shivade, who has handled high profile cases involving Bollywood actor Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Shiney Ahuja, and representing two accused in the case of a 2 g spectrum, died in a private hospital in Maharashtra on Wednesday For prolonged diseases, the source close to his family said.
He is 67 years old.

Advocates Shivade is diagnosed with leukemia (blood cancer), they said.
Law graduates from the Indian Law community, Shivade represents actor Salman Khan in the case of Hit-and-Run and actor Shiney Ahuja 2002, which was ordered in a rape case in 2009 in his career.

He has represented two accused in the case of a 2 g spectrum and also appeared for Peter Mukerjea in the murder of Sheena Bora.
He also represents Diamond Bharat Shah trader.
The celebrity lawyer survived by his wife, a son and a daughter, and mother.