<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday extended for six months the interim bail of former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case.</p><p>Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, representing the Enforcement Directorate, submitted before a bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal that the agency has no objection if the court decides to extend the interim bail granted to Malik. </p><p>"This request may be considered and on medical grounds, an extension may be given,” Raju contended before the bench.</p><p>After hearing Raju’s submissions, the bench decided to extend the medical bail granted to Malik and listed the matter after six months. </p><p>In October last year, the apex court had extended by three months the interim bail of Malik in the case.</p><p>Earlier, the apex court had noted that Malik is suffering from a kidney ailment and his condition has not improved since August 11, 2023, when he was granted interim bail for two months.</p><p>The apex court was hearing a plea by Malik challenging the Bombay High Court order passed in July, 2023 denying him bail on medical grounds in the case being probed by ED.</p><p>In February 2022, ED had arrested Malik in a case allegedly linked to the activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his associates.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday extended for six months the interim bail of former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case.</p><p>Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, representing the Enforcement Directorate, submitted before a bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal that the agency has no objection if the court decides to extend the interim bail granted to Malik. </p><p>"This request may be considered and on medical grounds, an extension may be given,” Raju contended before the bench.</p><p>After hearing Raju’s submissions, the bench decided to extend the medical bail granted to Malik and listed the matter after six months. </p><p>In October last year, the apex court had extended by three months the interim bail of Malik in the case.</p><p>Earlier, the apex court had noted that Malik is suffering from a kidney ailment and his condition has not improved since August 11, 2023, when he was granted interim bail for two months.</p><p>The apex court was hearing a plea by Malik challenging the Bombay High Court order passed in July, 2023 denying him bail on medical grounds in the case being probed by ED.</p><p>In February 2022, ED had arrested Malik in a case allegedly linked to the activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his associates.</p>
