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'''M. L. Tahaliyani''' is the [[Lokayukta]] of [[Maharashtra]] and is a retired [[judge]] of the [[Bombay High Court]] in India.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Justice-Tahaliyani-to-be-appointed-Maha-lokayukta/articleshow/47942417.cms | title=Justice Tahaliyani to be appointed Maha lokayukta | work=[[The Times of India]] | accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref> Justice Tahaliyani presided over high-profile cases including the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]] and the [[Adarsh Housing Society scam]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/justice-madanlal-laxmandas-tahaliyani-sworn-in-as-maharashtra-lokayukta-1210617 | title=Retired Bombay High Court Judge Becomes Maharashtra Chief | publisher=[[NDTV]] | accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref>

==Career==
Born on 23 December 1953, in [[Sardarshahar]], [[Rajasthan]], Tahaliyani began his career as a lawyer in the [[Vidarbha]] region of [[Maharashtra]] in 1975. After a few years he was appointed as an assistant [[public prosecutor]] in the [[Naxal]] effected area of [[Gadchiroli]], Sironcha, Desaiganj and Warora. After spending several years as a public prosecutor he was then appointed as a [[Metropolitan Magistrate]] in 1987. Tahaliyani was appointed the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in 1994 and later appointed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in 1997.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/puisnejudge/judges/ThaliyaniML.pdf | title=JUSTICE M.L.Tahaliyani | publisher=[[Bombay High Court]] | accessdate=11 May 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410205606/http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/puisnejudge/judges/ThaliyaniML.pdf | archivedate=10 April 2016 }}</ref> In 2010 he was appointed as a Principal Judge to the Bombay City Civil Court and in that same year while presiding over the 2008 Mumbai attacks case he pronounced the death penalty to [[Ajmal Kasab]] on terrorism related charges,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/meet-26-11-verdicts-judge-ml-tahaliyani-656155 | title=Meet 26/11 verdict's judge ML Tahaliyani |publisher=[[NDTV]]| accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref> The judgement was later confirmed by the Bombay High Court and upheld by the Supreme Court of India after which Kasab was hanged at the [[Yerawada Central Jail]], Pune on 21 November 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/justice-ml-tahaliyani-who-awarded-death-to-kasab-is-maharashtra-lokayukta/16480162 | title=Justice ML Tahaliyani, who awarded death to Ajmal Kasab | work=[[Mid-Day]] | accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref> The following year Tahaliyani was appointed as a judge of the [[Bombay High Court]] and while presiding over the Adarsh Housing Society scam refused to give any relief to the former [[Chief minister of Maharashtra]] [[Ashok Chavan]] in that case.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/bombay-hc-rejects-ashok-chavans-plea-remove-name-adarsh-scam-chargesheet-2135101.html | title=Bombay HC rejects Ashok Chavan's plea to remove his name from Adarsh scam chargesheet | publisher=Firstpost | accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref> After his retirement from the bench, he was appointed [[Lokayukta]] of [[Maharashtra]]. Justice Tahaliyani succeeds Justice P.B. Gaikwad whose term as Lokayukta ended on 1 July 2014. Tahaliyani was sworn-in as the Lokayukta by Maharashtra Governor [[C. Vidyasagar Rao]] on 25 August 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/2611-trial-judge-tahaliyani-is-maharashtra-lokayukta/article7575305.ece | title=26/11 trial judge Tahaliyani is Maharashtra Lokayukta | work=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/retd-judge-m-l-tahaliyani-sworn-in-as-maharashtra-lokayukta/ | title=Judge M L Tahaliyani sworn in as Maharashtra Lokayukta | work=[[The Indian Express]]| accessdate=11 May 2016}}</ref>

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