Supreme Court extends interim medical bail of NCP leader Nawab Malik for six months
The court was hearing a special leave petition filed by Malik against a July 2023 order of the Bombay High Court that had declined Malik's interim bail plea on medical grounds.
The Supreme Court on Thursday extended by six months the interim bail granted to former Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik. Malik was first granted interim medical bail in August last year.
A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal extended the bail for six months after Additional Solicitor General SV Raju appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said he had no objection if bail was extended.
The court was hearing a special leave petition filed by Malik against a July 2023 order of the Bombay High Court that had declined Malik's interim bail plea on medical grounds.
Since August, Malik’s interim bail has been extended from time to time as he was undergoing treatment for kidney-related ailments.
The Enforcement Directorate had arrested Nawab Malik on February 23 last year in connection with a money-laundering case linked to fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his aides.