Supreme Court to consider listing for Nawab Malik’s plea

The Supreme Court will consider listing for hearing Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik'sMalik's plea for immediate release from prison in a money laundering case.

A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana asked senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, who appeared for the jailed leader who sought a listing of his plea, to provide documents.

The bench, consisting Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli, said: "Please give the papers."

The Prevention of Money Laundering Act came into effect in 2005 and the minister has been accused under the statute for the offences committed prior to 2000, Sibal said.

Malik was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate over a property deal linked to the aides of gangster Dawood Ibrahim. Soon after his arrest, the minister had filed a habeas corpus plea in the high court, challenging his arrest and remand orders.