The Supreme Courtroom handed the order on an enchantment filed by Minister Mahesh Joshi difficult the Rajasthan Excessive Courtroom’s August order denying him bail. , Photograph Credit score: Subhashish Panigrahi
The Supreme Courtroom on Wednesday (December 3, 2025) gave bail to Congress chief and former Rajasthan Minister Mahesh Joshi in a Cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme.
A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih handed the order on an enchantment filed by Mr. Joshi is difficult the Rajasthan Excessive Courtroom’s August order denying him bail.
Mr. Joshi, 70, was taken into custody below the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) by the federal probe company after about seven-eight hours of questioning at its workplace in Jaipur.
The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) cash laundering case stems from an FIR registered by Rajasthan’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) into the scheme that goals to offer secure and enough consuming water via family faucet connections.
The scheme was being applied in Rajasthan by the state’s Public Well being Engineering (PHE) division. Mr. Joshi was a minister of the division within the earlier Ashok Gehlot Authorities.
Printed – December 03, 2025 02:04 pm IST