Supreme Court Dismissed Satyendar Kumar Jain's Plea to Expedite Bail Hearing in Delhi High Court.

The Supreme Court of India dismissed Satyendar Kumar Jain’s petition to intervene, and to expediate, in the Delhi High Court's decision to adjourn his bail hearing until July 9, 2024. While hearing the matter in Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No.8228/2024 (Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 28-05-2024 in BA No. 1904/2024 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi) The Apex Court found no merit in Jain’s argument that his case should be tagged with a similar case being considered by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court. "We do not find any merit in the aforesaid submission because the High Court can decide the matter on its own merits, and if the petitioner is aggrieved by the order of the High Court, he can always challenge the said order before this Court," the Court stated.

The Delhi High Court had issued notice to the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) and scheduled the July 9, 2024 hearing in response to Jain's application seeking default bail., and implying to the adjournment by the Delhi High Court the Supreme Court did note that **"6. It goes without saying that bail prayers are not to be indefinitely adjourned and therefore, we hope and trust that the High Court shall take its own call in the matter." **

Mr. Jain is a former Delhi Minister who is arrested by ED in Prvention of Money Laundering Case, and Jain is in custody after the Rouse Avenue Court (Trail Court) denied his bail application. That court found that the ED had established a prima facie case that Jain “had committed the offence under Section 3 of PMLA” while he was a government minister.

Satyendar Kumar Jain is in custody after the Rouse Avenue Court (Trial Court) denied his bail application. That court found that the ED had established a prima facie case that Jain “had committed the offence under Section 3 of PMLA” while he was a government minister. The Rouse Avenue Court concluded that Jain was prime facie “guilty of the offence under the money laundering” and “likely to commit any such offence while on bail.” The Court called money laundering a "serious economic offence" and stated that "the economic offences have deep rooted conspiracies and involve huge loss of public funds need to be viewed seriously and considered as grave offences affecting the economy of the country as a whole and thereby posing serious threat to the financial health of the country."

Coram: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA & HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.V.N. BHATTI (VACATION BENCH) Between: SATYENDAR KUMAR JAIN Vs DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT Date: 28-06-2024