Satyendar Jain’s interim bail extended till July 24; Supreme Court to hear Manish Sisodia’s bail plea on July 14

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday extended till July 24 the interim bail granted to former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain on medical grounds in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate. A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundaresh directed senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Jain, to hand over the medical reports to Additional Solicitor General SV Raju.

During the brief hearing, Singhvi said three hospitals have recommended surgery for Jain. The apex court had on May 26 granted interim bail to Jain for six weeks on medical grounds, saying that a citizen has the right to get treatment of his choice in a private hospital at his own cost. The ED had arrested Jain on May 30 last year on charges of money laundering through four companies allegedly linked to him.

The agency had arrested Jain following a CBI FIR registered against him in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act. He was granted regular bail by the trial court on September 6, 2019, in the case registered by the CBI.

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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on July 14 the bail plea of ​​Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia in the excise policy scam case being probed by the CBI and the money laundering case related to it. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha agreed to hear the matter after senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, urged the court to hear the matter on the ground that his wife was seriously ill. sick and admitted to the hospital. ,

The bench said though the matter is listed for hearing on July 17, it will hear it on July 14. Last week, Sisodia had moved the apex court seeking bail in CBI and ED cases related to the alleged Delhi Excise policy scam. , He has moved the apex court challenging two orders of the Delhi High Court rejecting his bail pleas in these cases.

Among the many portfolios he held as the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Sisodia also held the Excise Department. He was first arrested by the CBI on 26 February for his alleged role in the “scam”, and has been in custody ever since. are in He resigned from the Delhi cabinet on 28 February.

The high court had on May 30 denied him bail in the excise policy scam case being probed by the CBI, saying that being the deputy chief minister and excise minister, he was a “high-profile” person who could be affected. have the ability to do. Witness. On 3 July, the High Court had denied him bail in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the excise duty policy of the city government, as the allegations against him were “very serious in nature”.