Overview
- Justice R N Laddha’s bench set aside the sessions court’s 2018 directive to furnish travel records, allowing petitions by the Delhi Police, the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
- The decision removes the legal hurdle that froze the second phase of the 26/11 case for nearly seven years, with hearings expected to resume in the coming weeks.
- Government counsel argued Section 91 of the CrPC authorizes only targeted document production and is constrained by public interest, national security and foreign-relations considerations.
- The defence sought airline and MEA documents to support a claim that Jundal was deported from Dammam, a claim the Delhi Police contests with its account of an arrest outside Delhi airport.
- Prosecutors say Jundal served as a Lashkar-e-Taiba handler who trained Ajmal Kasab and coordinated the 2008 assault from abroad, forming the basis of the charges returning to court.