Supreme Court gives bail to former Rajasthan Minister Mahesh Joshi in money laundering case

The Supreme Court connected Wednesday (December 3, 2025) gave bail to Congress person and erstwhile Rajasthan Minister Mahesh Joshi successful a money laundering lawsuit linked to alleged irregularities successful the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme.

A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih passed the bid connected an entreaty filed by Mr. Joshi challenging the Rajasthan High Court's August bid denying him bail.

Mr. Joshi, 70, was taken into custody nether the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by the national probe bureau aft astir seven-eight hours of questioning astatine its bureau successful Jaipur.

The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) wealth laundering lawsuit stems from an FIR registered by Rajasthan’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) into the strategy that aims to supply harmless and capable drinking h2o done household pat connections.

The strategy was being implemented successful Rajasthan by the state’s Public Health Engineering (PHE) department. Mr. Joshi was a curate of the section successful the erstwhile Ashok Gehlot Government.