On the side of Tilak, Khaparde, Karandikar, Baptista, Kelkar, Bodas
and other eminent lawyers occupied the seats to watch the proceedings and assist Tilak.
The Kelkar committee had observed that since infrastructure projects
span over 20-30 years, a private developer may lose bargaining power owing to abrupt changes in the economic or policy environment.
After Tilak' s arrest, his lieutenant, Kelkar, found it difficult to get even the papers of the case printed in any
of the Bombay presses who feared offending the British.