: SC allows Anil Deshmukh to approach Bombay High Court for early listing of bail plea #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to approach the Bombay

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SC allows Anil Deshmukh to approach Bombay High Court for early listing of bail plea #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh to approach the Bombay High Court seeking the early listing of his bail application in a money laundering case, Live Law reported.The case is related to accusations made by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh that Deshmukh had asked some officers to extort Rs 100 crore every month from bars and restaurants in the city. Singh had made the allegations in a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in March last year.The Enforcement Directorate had arrested the Nationalist Congress Party leader on November 2. He has been in custody since then.At Tuesday’s hearing, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Deshmukh, told the Supreme Court that the former minister is 73 years old and suffers from medical problems.“I only want my application to be heard,� Sibal said. “Let it be heard on reopening [after the court vacation].�The Supreme Court, in its order, noted that Deshmukh had filed the bail plea before the High Court on March 25. It observed that the application had been listed before the court thrice but could not be taken due to lack of time.“The petitioner [Deshmukh] is at liberty to file an application for early listing of his bail,� a bench of Justices Ajay...Read more

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