So Kunihito was taken by surprise on the morning of March 8, 1996, when he was told that the decision would be handed down that morning.
यदि वह मर गया होता, तो यह संभव है कि कॆन्डो मुक़द्दमा सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के फ़ैसले के बिना समाप्त हो जाता ।