Poornima Kantharia appointed new Maharashtra government pleader
Advocate Poornima Kantharia, who is at present part of the prosecution team in the Salman Khan drunken driving case, has been appointed as Maharashtra Government Pleader (Original Side) at the Bombay high court. She has been an additional public prosecutor for the last 20 years and has led the prosecution in high profile cases including the Gateway-Zaveri Bazar twin blasts case, Bilkis Bano case and MCOCA and POTA cases.