Excise policy scam: SC dismisses ED's plea against bail to Sameer Mahendru

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea of the Enforcement Directorate challenging the six-week interim bail granted to liquor businessman Sameer Mahendru in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy.

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bela M Trivedi told Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, that it is not going to interfere with the order of the Delhi High Court.

Raju submitted that the Delhi High Court order is "shocking" and is based on wrong facts and cannot be treated as a precedent.

The bench said, "Sorry, for six weeks bail, we are not going to interfere. The period is going to run itself out in the next 10-15 days".

On June 12, the high court had granted six-week interim bail on medical grounds to Mahendru in the money laundering case.

The high court had observed that the accused was suffering from life-threatening diseases warranting immediate medical attention and post-opera