Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail to Journalist Mahesh Langa in Money Laundering Case

The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim bail to journalist Mahesh Langa, who has been accused of extortion, in a money laundering case booked by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). A three-judge bench presided over by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant also asked the trial court to conduct the trial in the cases against Langa on a day-to-day basis. The bench also comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi asked Langa and his counsel to “to extend full cooperation to the special court and no adjournment shall be taken or permitted on the ground that quashing proceedings are pending before the High Court”. The bench pointed out that it was imposing such a condition as theGujarat High Court had not granted any stay of the trial proceedings.