Malegaon special judge in transfer list as trial nears conclusion
Even as the trial in the Malegaon 2008 blast, pending for over 16 years nears conclusion, the special judge presiding over the case is proposed to be transferred to Nashik in annual general transfers of judges announced on Saturday.Special Judge A K Lahoti is on the list of 222 judges who are proposed to be transferred as per a notification issued by the Registrar General of the Bombay High Court. Judges are usually transferred after a tenure of three years in one court. Judge Lahoti has been at this current posting from June 2022.
The special judge has been hearing final arguments by the prosecution and the accused for the past few months and was likely to reserve the case for judgment by next week, having asked the arguments to be concluded by April 15.
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