His role will be involved in briefing lengthy court judgements and compiling jail records. He will be working from his cell due to security purposes. 

The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul has on Thursday- May 19 pronounced the verdict of a one-year prison sentence for the Congress leader. 

Earlier, the court has observed that the incident was three decades old and that there was no enmity between the accused and the victim and that no weapon was used by the accused.