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The Supreme Court connected Monday (December 8, 2025) asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to record its effect wrong 3 days connected a bail plea of writer Mahesh Langa successful a wealth laundering lawsuit linked to an alleged fiscal fraud.
A seat comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi besides asked elder advocator Kapil Sibal, appearing for the jailed journalist, to record rejoinder, if needed, to the ED's effect wrong 2 days of it being filed.
The apical tribunal fixed the lawsuit for further proceeding connected December 15.
During the little proceeding connected Monday, Mr. Sibal said a writer has been facing arsenic galore arsenic six cases.
"The writer is accused of extortion," the counsel for the ED said and sought a abbreviated adjournment connected the crushed that Solicitor General Tuhar Mehta was unavailable astatine the moment.
The apical tribunal connected September 8 sought responses from the Gujarat authorities and the ED connected Mr. Langa's bail plea.
While issuing the notices connected Mr. Langa's bail plea, the seat asked, "What benignant of a writer is he?" "With owed respect, determination are immoderate precise genuine journalists. But determination are besides radical who connected their scooter accidental we are 'patrakar' (journalists) and what they really bash everybody knows," the seat told Mr. Sibal.
Mr. Sibal replied that these are each allegations.
"In 1 FIR, helium gets anticipatory bail, past a 2nd FIR is lodged and again anticipatory bail is granted but present helium is booked nether a 3rd FIR for income taxation evasion. There are different things besides against him," Mr. Sibal submitted.
He added that determination is simply a inheritance to the lawsuit also.
On July 31, the Gujarat High Court rejected Mr. Langa's bail plea successful the wealth laundering lawsuit connected the grounds that if released connected bail, prejudice would beryllium caused to the prosecution case.
On February 25, the ED said it arrested Mr. Langa successful a wealth laundering probe linked to an alleged fiscal fraud.
He was archetypal arrested successful October 2024 successful a GST fraud case.
The wealth laundering lawsuit against Mr. Langa stems from 2 FIRs filed by Ahmedabad constabulary connected charges of fraud, transgression misappropriation, transgression breach of trust, cheating and causing wrongful nonaccomplishment of lakhs of rupees to definite people.
