This is the first time in India that any court will be conducting the prosecution of a high-profile international terrorist via video-conferencing. But the deposition of David Coleman Headley in a Mumbai court on Monday will be more optics than substance.

Headley, who played a critical role in facilitating the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, has already been pardoned by the Indian court on the plea that he would reveal all about the role of his Pakistani handlers ƒÆ’ †“ ƒ š ‚ ¢ ƒÆ’ ‚ ¢ ƒ ¢ ¢ š ¬ … ¡ ƒ š ‚ ¬ ƒÆ’ ‚ ¢ ƒ ¢ ¢ ‚¬Å¡ ‚ ¬ ƒ š ‚  particularly ISI officials, the operational commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, and his chief Hafeez Mohammed Saeed. Legally, Headley ƒÆ’ †“ ƒ š ‚ ¢ ƒÆ’ ‚ ¢ ƒ ¢ ¢ š ¬ … ¡ ƒ š ‚ ¬ ƒÆ’ ‚ ¢ ƒ ¢ ¢ š ¬ … ¾ ƒ š ‚ ¢s deposition is aimed at nailing Pakistani ƒÆ’ †“ ƒ š ‚ ¢ ƒÆ’ ‚ ¢ ƒ ¢ ¢ š ¬ … ¡ ƒ š ‚ ¬ ƒÆ’ ‚ ¢ ƒ ¢ ¢ š ¬ … ¾ ƒ š ‚ ¢s prevarication and lies in the Mumbai attack.