SC vacates stay in Gateway bomb blasts case

The Supreme Court on Monday vacated the stay, earlier granted in Mumbai [ Images ] bomb blasts case, in which 54 people were killed and more than 244 injured at Jhaveri Bazar and Gateway of India [ Images ].

A bench comprising Mr Justice H K Sema and Mr Justice A R Lakshamanan vacated the stay against the trial proceedings in the case.

Six of the accused -- Sayeed Mohd Hanif Abdul, Shafiq Ahmad, Mrs Fehmida Sayeed Mohd Hanif, Zahid Yaqoob Patna and Mohammad Hasan Mohammad and Mohammad Rizwan -- had appealed, after the Prevention Of Terrorism [ Images ] Act review committee appointed by Maharashtra government decided that no case under POTA was made out against the accused.