<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the interim bail of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik that was granted to him in a money laundering case.</p><p>Malik was earlier granted bail for two months by the top court on August 11, on health grounds. </p><p>A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi extended his interim bail by three months as it was submitted before the court that his health condition has not improved and his one kidney has failed.</p><p>Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the probe agency did not object to the extension of interim bail to Malik on medical grounds.</p><p>Malik was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in February, 2022 in connection with a money laundering case linked to fugitive terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.</p><p>Malik had moved High Court after a Mumbai special court rejected his bail plea in the matter in November last year.</p><p>The high court had noted that Malik's right to life was not infringed in any manner as he had been getting "specialised medical assistance".</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the interim bail of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik that was granted to him in a money laundering case.</p><p>Malik was earlier granted bail for two months by the top court on August 11, on health grounds. </p><p>A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi extended his interim bail by three months as it was submitted before the court that his health condition has not improved and his one kidney has failed.</p><p>Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appearing for the probe agency did not object to the extension of interim bail to Malik on medical grounds.</p><p>Malik was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in February, 2022 in connection with a money laundering case linked to fugitive terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.</p><p>Malik had moved High Court after a Mumbai special court rejected his bail plea in the matter in November last year.</p><p>The high court had noted that Malik's right to life was not infringed in any manner as he had been getting "specialised medical assistance".</p>
