New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday extended the interim bail granted to AAP leader Satyendra Jain in the money laundering case till December 11.
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi told the court that the case was partially heard by the bench of Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Bela M Trivedi, after which the matter was postponed. The case will be heard on Monday before Justice Bela M Trivedi and was listed before the bench of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma. Singhvi urged the court to adjourn the case due to the absence of Justice AS Bopanna. However, Justice Trivedi said that the interim order cannot be kept pending for long. On May 26, the apex court had granted conditional bail to Jain on medical grounds for six weeks, the period of which was extended from time to time.
“We have to see whether to continue the interim order because it can’t be for such a long time,” Justice Trivedi observed.
Jain’s counsel requested the bench to list the matter for hearing next week.
While adjourning the matter until December 11, the bench said, “Interim order to continue”.
The ED had earlier claimed that the AAP leader was seeking repeated adjournments in the trial court on grounds that his bail plea was pending before the apex court. The probe agency had alleged that Jain has taken as many as 16 dates from the trial court.
The apex court had on May 26 granted interim bail to Jain for six weeks on medical grounds, saying a citizen has a right to receive treatment of his choice in a private hospital at his own expense.
The ED had arrested the AAP leader on May 30 last year on the charge of money laundering through four companies allegedly linked to him. It had arrested Jain on the basis of a CBI FIR registered against him in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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