The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a sessions court in Delhi to consider and decide on September 22 the Enforcement Directorate's application seeking transfer of bail hearing of Minister Satyendar Jain in Delhi government in a money laundering case to another judge. Gave. Observing that any accused deserves an early hearing of his bail plea, a three-judge bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud asked the principal district and sessions judge of the Rouse Avenue court to consider the plea for hearing. A bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice PS Narasimha said that we clarify that any party aggrieved by the decision on the transfer petition can seek appropriate remedies available in law.
Kapil Sibal demands immediate hearing
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Jain, mentioned the matter before the bench and sought an immediate hearing. Sibal said seven hearings have been held and Additional Solicitor General SV Raju was asked to come on September 15. However, the ASG made an application to transfer the case. Raju said that if the petitioner disagrees with this, he can approach the High Court. Principal District and Sessions Judge Vinay Kumar Gupta had on September 19 stayed the bail hearing proceedings before Special Judge Geetanjali Goel and issued notices to Jain and other co-accused on the ED's plea to transfer the case to another judge. did.
The judge had directed the respondents to file their reply to the ED's plea by September 30. The ED has sought the transfer of the case from Goel to another judge. The agency, in its plea, made certain arguments relating to the bail pleas being heard by the special judge. Goel, while hearing lengthy arguments on bail pleas of Jain and co-accused Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain in the money laundering case, had pulled up the ED over the probe in the case in the last few hearings. All three accused are currently in judicial custody. The ED arrested Jain and two others in a money laundering case in 2017 based on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR registered against the AAP leader under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Reserved decision in this matter
At the same time, the Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its decision on two separate petitions of BJP leaders Manoj Tiwari and Vijender Gupta. The petition challenged an order of the Delhi High Court which had refused to quash the summons of the trial court in a criminal defamation case against him. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had filed a personal defamation complaint against BJP leaders for allegedly leveling corruption charges. A bench of Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice V Ramasubramaniam reserved the order after hearing the arguments of lawyers for both sides. BJP leaders have challenged the November 28, 2019 order of the trial court summoning him and others as accused in the criminal defamation case filed by Sisodia.
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