The Bombay High Court has given its consent to a Pakistani judicial commission to interview key people linked to the probe of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. The High Court has informed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) that in-principle approval for the visit of the Pakistani judicial commission has been given and the team may come in first week of February. The MHA will soon convey the court’s approval for the visit to Pakistan through diplomatic channels, official sources said. However, it is not clear when the delegation’s visit will actually take place. The commission will take the statements of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate RV Sawant Waghule and Investigating Officer Ramesh Mahale, who have recorded the confessional statement of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist involved in the attack. This would help the commission pursue the case at home. It also wanted to take the statements of the two doctors who carried out the postmortem of the terrorists killed during the attack. Pakistan has already issued a gazette notification on the formation of the judicial commission and has listed the members who will represent Pakistan government.
