The Supreme Court on Friday objected to the Delhi High Court prolonging the stay on a local court order granting regular bail to a money-laundering accused [Parvinder Singh Khurana vs Directorate of Enforcement]..A Vacation Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Sandeep Mehta proceeded to restore the bail granted to one Parvinder Singh Khurana."This is about liberty; how can bail be stayed for more than a year," Justice Mehta remarked during the course of the hearing today..The Bench was hearing appeals against Delhi High Court orders that had first stayed the bail in June 2023 and then adjourned the matter in May 2024 to be heard in July. The Rouse Avenue Court had on June 17 last year granted Khurana bail in connection with a money-laundering case. Justice Amit Mahajan of the Delhi High Court subsequently stayed the same on appeal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).On May 22 this year, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma kept the matter for hearing next on July 9..Notably, this was after Justice Mahajan on March 18 released the matter from his board..The Supreme Court today sought the response of the ED in the matter, and stayed the May 22 order of the High Court."We make it clear that the order granting bail to the petitioner on 17.06.2023 shall enure to the benefit of the petitioner", it stated.The matter will be taken up next on July 11..The appeal was filed through advocate Madhusmita Bora, who appeared in the matter for Khurana along with Senior Advocate Sudhanshu Shashikumar Choudhari and advocates Harsh Sethi, Anant Nigam, Dipankar Singh, Pawan Kishore Singh and Raghav Luthra.Advocate Zoheb Hossain appeared for the ED..[Read order]
The Supreme Court on Friday objected to the Delhi High Court prolonging the stay on a local court order granting regular bail to a money-laundering accused [Parvinder Singh Khurana vs Directorate of Enforcement]..A Vacation Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Sandeep Mehta proceeded to restore the bail granted to one Parvinder Singh Khurana."This is about liberty; how can bail be stayed for more than a year," Justice Mehta remarked during the course of the hearing today..The Bench was hearing appeals against Delhi High Court orders that had first stayed the bail in June 2023 and then adjourned the matter in May 2024 to be heard in July. The Rouse Avenue Court had on June 17 last year granted Khurana bail in connection with a money-laundering case. Justice Amit Mahajan of the Delhi High Court subsequently stayed the same on appeal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).On May 22 this year, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma kept the matter for hearing next on July 9..Notably, this was after Justice Mahajan on March 18 released the matter from his board..The Supreme Court today sought the response of the ED in the matter, and stayed the May 22 order of the High Court."We make it clear that the order granting bail to the petitioner on 17.06.2023 shall enure to the benefit of the petitioner", it stated.The matter will be taken up next on July 11..The appeal was filed through advocate Madhusmita Bora, who appeared in the matter for Khurana along with Senior Advocate Sudhanshu Shashikumar Choudhari and advocates Harsh Sethi, Anant Nigam, Dipankar Singh, Pawan Kishore Singh and Raghav Luthra.Advocate Zoheb Hossain appeared for the ED..[Read order]