The Long Road to Justice

The Supreme Court of India on July 24, 2025, stayed the recent Mumbai High Court order acquitting all 12 persons sentenced in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case. The blasts, which were coordinated to happen over 11 minutes in the busy metropolis during rush hour, killed 189 people and injured over 800.

- Krisha Khuntia

While the apex court mentioned that “there is no question of bringing them back to prison” it clarified that the High Court order cannot be treated as a precedent. The High Court, in its order, had said that the prosecution had “utterly failed” to prove its case against the accused. The trial court had earlier convicted all 12 in the case.

July 11, 2006 Seven bombs exploded in compartments of local trains on the Western Railway line in Mumbai during the evening rush hour. The blasts targeted trains near Mahim, Bandra, Matunga, Khar, Jogeshwari, Borivali and Mira Road stations.