Chopper scam: SC to hear ED’s plea against nod to Saxena to travel abroad : The Tribune India

Join Whatsapp Channel

Chopper scam: SC to hear ED’s plea against nod to Saxena to travel abroad

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by the Enforcement Directorate against the permission granted to Rajeev Saxena, an approver in a money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland chopper scam, to travel abroad on medical grounds.

Chopper scam: SC to hear ED’s plea against nod to Saxena to travel abroad

The agency mentioned the matter before a bench comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai. The bench posted the matter for hearing on Tuesday. Tribune file



New Delhi, June 24

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by the Enforcement Directorate against the permission granted to Rajeev Saxena, an approver in a money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland chopper scam, to travel abroad on medical grounds.

The Delhi High Court had on June 10 allowed Saxena to go abroad for treatment for blood cancer and other ailments.

The agency mentioned the matter before a bench comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai. The bench posted the matter for hearing on Tuesday.

The high court had given relief to Saxena, noting that he had already been granted bail on medical grounds, before being pardoned and made an approver.

A director of two Dubai-based firms--UHY Saxena and Matrix Holdings--Saxena was one of the accused named in the chargesheet filed by the ED in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland scam. PTI

Top News

Drugs worth Rs 600 crore seized from Pakistani boat off Gujarat coast; 14 crew members held

Drugs worth Rs 600 crore seized from Pakistani boat off Gujarat coast; 14 crew members held

Overnight operation in Arabian Sea was carried out in coordi...

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah orders SIT probe over alleged sex scandal involving Deve Gowda’s grandson

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah orders SIT probe into 'sex scandal' involving ex-PM Deve Gowda’s grandson

Prajwal Revanna was the NDA candidate in Hassan Lok Sabha co...

Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely resigns

Arvinder Singh Lovely resigns as Delhi Congress chief

Lovely expresses his disagreement with the decision to ally ...

‘India will never bow down’: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on talks with China

‘India will never bow down’: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on talks with China

Says India wants to maintain good relations with its neighbo...


Cities

View All