The Supreme Court has intervened in the bail plea of Satyendar Jain, former AAP minister, who is currently incarcerated in a money laundering case. In response to Jain’s appeal against a six-week adjournment of his bail plea by the Delhi High Court, a bench comprising Justices Manoj Misra and S V N Bhatti directed the high court to expedite the decision. The apex court emphasized the importance of timely adjudication in bail matters and instructed that Jain’s plea should be resolved at the next hearing scheduled for July 9, 2024.
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- Satyendar Jain, former AAP minister, has filed a bail plea in a money laundering case.
- The Delhi High Court had previously adjourned the bail plea for six weeks, prompting Jain to approach the Supreme Court.
- Jain argued that his plea should be expedited and possibly tagged with a related matter pending before the Supreme Court.
- On May 28, 2024, the Delhi High Court sought responses from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and asked for a status report.
- The high court also requested the nominal roll of Jain from prison to be presented.
- The matter is scheduled for further hearing on July 9, 2024.
- The ED arrested Jain on May 30, 2022, based on a CBI FIR lodged in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- Jain had previously been granted regular bail by a trial court on September 6, 2019, in the CBI case.
- The Supreme Court emphasized that bail matters should not be unduly delayed.
- The bench of Justices Manoj Misra and S V N Bhatti issued directions for the expeditious resolution of Jain’s bail plea.
