25-Jun-2024 10:13 PM
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Mumbai, June 25 (Reporter) Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal on Tuesday moved the Bombay High Court seeking extension of the interim bail granted to him in May on medical grounds while contending that his health continues to remain poor and that he lost his wife to cancer last month.
His bail plea came up for hearing before Justice Manish Pitale who referred to a circular issued by high court registrar in February stating, in applications where earlier pleas were considered and decided by a particular judge, then those applications shall be placed before the same bench.
Accordingly, Justice Pitale directed the high court registry department to place Goyal's application before the single bench of Justice NJ Jamadar, who had granted him interim bail in May for two months.
Advocate Aabad Ponda, appearing for Goyal, 75, said that they would mention the plea before Justice Jamadar on Wednesday.
Goyal was arrested in a money laundering case involving a multi-crore loan in September 2023, Goyal was granted bail on medical grounds on May 6 for two months on furnishing a surety of Rs 1 lakh.
Goyal was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act...////...