The Supreme Court will hear the petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra on June 18. Jaswant Singh is in jail under money laundering in a case related to bank fraud. The court has refused to grant interim relief.
A vacation bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih is hearing the case. The Court has directed Jaswant Singh to file a reply before the next hearing. During the hearing of the case, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ED, said that the matter is about Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and sufficient grounds.
He further added that the issues raised in this case resemble those in the Arvind Kejriwal case, where the verdict has already been reserved.
Senior advocate Vikram Chaudhary, representing the AAP MLA from Punjab, argued that the issues do not bear resemblance and that the primary reason for remanding the accused is their absence from a court hearing.
Notably, the court had refused to grant interim bail to AAP MLA Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra, in the last hearing.
Jaswant Singh has challenged the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the Supreme Court. Singh has also challenged the arrest and remand order by the ED in the Supreme Court.
The High Court, while rejecting Jaswant Singh’s petition, maintained that Jaswant’s arrest was correct. M/s TCL had obtained a loan and credit facility of Rs 46 crore and the petitioner was its director. It is worth mentioning that ED has detained Jaswant.
The petitioner stands accused of transferring the aforementioned amount to other companies. The activity was contrary to the terms and conditions of providing loan facilities.
Jaswant Singh stands accused of transferring Rs 3.12 crore to the personal account of an AAP leader. Following the findings of a forensic audit report, the RBI was notified of fraudulent activities in the account of M/s TCL on February 9, 2018.
Subsequently, Singh was repeatedly urged to cooperate with the investigation, yet he continually delayed. Finally, in November 2023, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) took action and arrested him for non-compliance with the investigation.
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