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Worked as Professor for mercantile law in one of the eminent Universities of Maharashtra; was Dean, Faculty of Law, North Maharashtra University; was Director, Board of Union Bank of India, 2001-2004; Member, West Zone Advisory Board of Life Insurance Corporation of India, 2001-2003; Awarded (i) Daksh Nagarik by Citizens of Nagpur, 2004, (ii) Maharashtra State Idol Award by Maharashtra Times, 2006, (iii) Rashtra Seva Puraskar by Manibhai Desai Pratisthan, 2006, (iv) Samaj Shree by Business Enterprise, Sangli, 2006, (v) Jiva Mahale Puraskar by Pratap Gad Samiti, Wai, Satara, 2007, (vi) Top Marathi Achiever by Maharashtra Times, 2007, (vii) Charitrya Puraskar, Pune, 2008, (viii) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Bheem Ratna Award, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, (ix) Freedom Fighter Undhalkar Award for social work, 2009, (x) Best Advocate in State Award by Star Majha- News, 2010, (xi) Suryadutt National Award, Pune, 2010, (xii) Maharashtra Ratna by Zee TV and Daily Newspaper DNA, 2010, (xii) Doctorate by University of Pune, Maharashtra, 2011 and (xii) Padma Shri, 2016; contested the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections as a BJP candidate from Mumbai North Central constituency; has successfully prosecuted numerous cases, on request of the State Government; notably recognized for successfully seeking the highest number of life imprisonments and death sentences in the country; on the request of State Government, conducted several, prominent among them are (i) Kalyan local railway bomb blast trial, 1991, (ii) Bombay bomb blast trial, 1993, (iii) Twin bomb blast at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar, 2003, (iv) Gulshan Kumar murder, 2003, (v) Nadeem extradition, London, 2004, (vi) Khairlanji dalit massacre case, Bhandara, 2006, (vii) Gangster Abu Salem case, 2006, (viii) Terror attack on Mumbai on 26th November, 2008, (ix) Multiple murder of children (bal hatyakand, Kolhapur), 2010, (x) Shakti Mill gangrape case, 2010, (xi) David Headley trial, 2016, (xii) Rathi murder trial, Pune, (xiii) Terrorist and LeT operative Abu Jundal trial, (xiv) Kopardi rape and murder trial, (xv) Sonai dalit hatyakand trial and (xvi) National level tennis player Karthik Raj murder trial