26/11 case: Chronology of events

Nov 26: Kasab and 9 fidayeens launch commando raid in Mumbai

Nov 27: At 1.30 am,Kasab caught and placed under arrest,admitted to Nair hospital

Nov 29: Kasab gives statement to police,confesses role

Nov 29: All places under seige secured,9 terrorists killed

Nov 30: Kasab confesses before police

Dec 27/28: Identification parade held

2009

Jan 13: M L Tahaliyani appointed 26/11 judge

Jan 16: Arthur Road Jail selected for Kasab’s trial

Feb 5: Kasab’s DNA samples match with articles found in Kuber

Feb 20/21: Kasab makes confession before Magistrate

Feb 22: Ujjwal Nikam appointed Special Public Prosecutor

Feb 25: Chargesheet against Kasab,two others filed in Court

Apr 1: Anjali Waghmare appointed Kasab’s lawyer

Apr 15: Anjali Waghmare removed as Kasab’s lawyer

Apr 16: Abbas Kazmi appointed as Kasab’s lawyer

Apr 17: Kasab’s confession opened in court,he retracts

Apr 20: Prosecution charges Kasab on 312 counts

May 6: Charges framed,Kasab charged on 86 counts,but denies charges

May 8: First eyewitness deposes,identifies Kasab

June 23: Non-bailable warrants issued against 22 including Hafeez Saeed,Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi

June 25: Kasab suffering from ulcer,court told

July 20: Kasab pleads guilty before Judge M L Tahaliyani

Nov 30: Abbas Kazmi removed as Kasab’s lawyer

Dec 1: K P Pawar officially takes place of Kazmi

Dec 16: Prosecution completes case in 26/11

Dec 18: Kasab denies all charges

2010

Feb 11: 26/11 lawyer Shahid Azmi shot dead

Feb 22: David Coleman Headley issue crops up in court

March 9: Final arguments to begin

March 31: Arguments in the case end. Special Judge M L Tahaliyani reserves judgement for May 3,2010

May 3: Kasab convicted,Sabauddin Ahmed and Faheem Ansari acquitted of all charges