Delhi court adjourns proceedings in CBI, ED cases against former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain till Aug 26

During the hearing, a special judge said, "Despite the opposition made by the ED, this court is of the view that the matter is required to be adjourned on any date after 19.08.2023.

"In light of the transfer application filed by A-1 and having regard to the fact that in the predicate offence, the Ld. Principal District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge(PC Act) (CBI), RADC, New Delhi has stayed the proceedings till 19.08.2023. In the facts, the matter is adjourned for further proceedings to 26.08.2023."

Counsel on behalf of Satyendar Jain submitted that his transfer application has been adjourned to Aug 19.

Satyendar Jain has moved an application before Presiding Officer Vinay Kumar Gupta, Principal District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge(CBI), Rouse Avenue District Court, New Delhi seeking transfer of his case to another judge and the same has been adjourned for Aug19.

Jain had moved an application under section 408 of the Criminal Procedure Code(Cr.P.C.) by seeking the transfer of two cases registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to another judge.

ED has earlier moved an application to transfer the case to another judge. Then The Principal District-cum-Sessions Judge transferred the case from Special Judge Geetanjli Goel to Special Judge Vikas Dhull.

The CBI registered an FIR for disproportionate assets against Jain in 2017.

On the base of CBI’s FIR, the Enforcement Directorate registered an ECIR against Jain and accused him of having money laundered through four companies allegedly linked to him and where he was holding shares while amassing disproportionate income.

The Supreme Court, on July 24, extended by five weeks the interim bail granted to Jain on medical grounds in the money laundering case registered by the ED