The Bombay High Court has issued notices to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Maharashtra government, and all seven persons acquitted in the 2008 Malegaon blast, following an appeal by the victims’ families challenging the special court’s verdict of acquittal. (The Times of India)
The blast, which killed six people and injured over 100, took place on September 29, 2008, near a mosque in Malegaon, Nashik district. Families of the deceased say the July 31 acquittal ignored key forensic evidence, witness contradictions, and procedural lapses. (The Times of India)
A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam A. Ankhad heard the appeal on 18 September 2025, while directing the appellants to serve notices within two weeks. The case has been posted for hearing after six weeks. (LawBeat)
