Mumbai: Calling the move a “fishing and roving inquiry,” the Bombay High Court has quashed a 2018 special court order that directed government authorities to produce confidential documents sought by Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, accused of training the 26/11 Mumbai terrorists in Hindi and local mannerisms.

Petitions by Delhi Police and Union Ministries Allowed

Justice RN Laddha, in a 36-page judgment, allowed petitions filed by the Delhi Police, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, and the Ministry of External Affairs challenging the trial court’s order.

The HC said the special court “ought not to have invested time in passing an absolutely unsustainable order which is nothing but a fishing and roving inquiry at the behest of the accused.”

Trial to Resume After Six-Year Stay

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