The Supreme Court has refused urgent hearing on the Enforcement Directorate’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court order granting interim bail to liquor baron Sameer Mahendru on medical grounds. Refused on Wednesday. Mahendru has been granted interim bail in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the now-cancelled Delhi Excise Policy.

What happened during the court hearing Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ED, presented the matter for urgent hearing before a vacation bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice MM Sundaresh. “Someone has been granted bail…people are lodged in jails,” the bench said. The High Court on June 2007 that the accused was suffering from life threatening diseases for which Requires immediate medical attention and care. The court had said, “Every person has a right to adequate and effective treatment.”

What is the case against Mahendru? The court had also imposed several conditions on Mahendru, including that he would not go out of the hospital and his home and would not leave the country. The ED has registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) against Mahendru under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The money laundering case emerged from an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over an alleged scam in the now-cancelled Delhi Excise Policy.

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia is also an accused in this case CBI and ED allege that irregularities were committed while revising the excise policy and undue favors were extended to the license holders. Delhi Government november, 2021 had implemented excise policy but after allegations of corruption September, At the end of this policy was cancelled. Former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia is also an accused in this case.

Supreme CourtDelhi Excise policy scam casePublished Date

Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 4: 03 PM IST