Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Tomorrow ED's Petition Challenging Bail Granted To Anil Deshmukh

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to list tomorrow the petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate challenging the Bombay High Court's order granting bail to NCP leader and former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in a PMLA case.

Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta mentioned the ED's petition before the Chief Justice of India for urgent listing. The bench led by CJI directed that the matter be listed before a bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud tomorrow, considering the fact Justice Chandrachud's bench had earlier dealt with Deshmukh's application.

Although the High Court passed the order granting bail to Deshmukh on October 4, it kept the order in abeyance till October 12 at the request of the ED.

While granting bail, a single bench of Justice NJ Jemadar prima facie observed that the former minister, in all probability, "may not be ultimately convicted" in the money laundering case being investigated by ED. The High Court had also raised doubts regarding the statements of Sachin Waze and Parambir Singh

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