“1996 Lajpat Nagar Bomb Blast: ‘Delay compromised national security, influential people behind it’ says Supreme Court”, Organiser, July 7, 2023:
“After 27 years of litigation, four accused in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar Bomb Blast Case were sentenced to life imprisonment without remission. On July 6, the Supreme Court’s three-judge bench, comprising Justice BR Gavai, Vikram Nath and Sanjay Karol, upheld the convictions of two accused – Mohd Naushad and Javed Ahmed Khan – and sentenced them to life imprisonment and restored the life sentences of two former death row convicts – Mirza Nissar Hussain and Mohd Ali Bhatt – who were earlier acquitted by the Delhi High.
While sentencing the Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front (JKIF) terrorists for the blast, the court observed that investigative and judicial authorities did not display enough vigilance. The court said, “Expeditious trial of such cases is the need of the hour, especially when it concerns national security and the common man.”
“The delay, be it for whatever reason, attributable to the judge incharge or the prosecution, has certainly compromised national interest,” the court remarked…..”
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