India, Nov. 4 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday cleared the decks for the trial of 26/11 accused Syed Zabiuddin Sayed Zakiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal by quashing a 2018 order that had directed the Delhi Police to produce travel documents of officers who allegedly brought him back from Saudi Arabia.

The 2018 directive from a Mumbai sessions court had stalled the proceedings for over six years after the Delhi Police, the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Aviation challenged it, citing national security and diplomatic privilege. With the High Court now setting aside that order, Jundal's long-pending trial is expected to resume soon.

Ansari, currently held as an undertrial in the Arthur Road jail in connection with t...