Mumbai: Advocate Shrikant Shivade exhales the latter on Wednesday at Pune.
In court, as in life outside, Shivade spoke softly, patiently.
He fought, successfully in several cases and lost in other people, in court, all as part of the life of a lawyer, but in the end, non-court battles with the better disease.
He is 67 years old.
His death was grieving not only by his family, several clients, but also by fellow lawyers, he juniors and also members of the senior bar in Mumbai.
Senior adviser Shirish Gupte, he was a famous criminal legal advisor, expressed his sadness, said to Toi, “Shivade is a homemade person.
He excelled in a cross and very soft.
He was always polite in court.
His death was a loss of legal brotherhood.
“Legend of Criminal Law VR Manohar, 87, with whom Shivade has overcome several cases also expressed his sadness.
Manohar has said about the Shivade that he is “a good lawyer and a good human being Pastor Krishnakanant Desai, as a tremendous trial lawyer.
His preparations for trials are very thorough and thorough and some complicated trials of trauses are extraordinary.
It is a deep loss For the court.
“A young advocate, Shreyans Mithare, said,” I have the opportunity to work with him in the case of Madhur Bhandarkar and the Sheena Bora case.
I learned a lot from him in these cases.
” Shivade has been practicing criminal law exclusively for almost four decades.
A calm person, he defended a high-profile list of accused of celebrated cases including actor Salman Khan in the case of a 2002 actor vehicle that hit Bulkra Bakery killing one where he was finally released by the Bombay High Court.
Among the first big cases like that was when he defended former Commissioner Mumbai R D Tyagi against the allegations of nine murders in the case of the Bakery Suleman meeting.
He also defended Ra Sharma Police Commissioner at Telgi Scam, Revenue Minister Maharashtra Uudayan Raje Bhosale and others about murder allegations, a number of police officers in various meeting cases, and diamond traders and filmmakers Bharat Shah on mcoca accusations.
He is a lawyer for Kalani Pappu, strong politicians from Ulhasnagar in six Tada cases, and for Gopal Rajwani in the case of Tada, as well as Assistant Commissioner of Mumbai City in the Sara-Sahara case under McOca and then demanded the cost of reducing suicide from his wife and was a defense lawyer Also for Madhur Bhandarkar filmmakers, Abhishek Kasliwal and Shiney Ahuja actor.
He was appointed by the Maharashtra government to defend police officers in the kidnapping and murder of Arun Gawli Gang members and for Peter Mukerjea in the case of Sheena Bora’s murder where he appeared for him when the high court Bombay provided guarantees in February 2020.
In 2018, he succeeded in defending Saif Ali Khan, Taboo, Sonali Bendre and Neelam and made them verdict opening in the case of Blackbuck’s murder in Rajasthan.
He is currently a defense advisor for LT Col Prasad Purohit and argues before the high court last year through video conferences questioned the validity of previous prosecution sanctions against him.