NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday made the interim medical bail granted to NCP leader and former Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik as absolute till disposal of his regular bail plea before the Bombay High Court in a money laundering case.
A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma was told by his counsel that his one lung has totally collapsed.
On humanitarian approach, Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, appearing for the ED, did not oppose the interim medical bail to be made permanent. "There is no objection from my side," Raju told the court.
The court made Malik's interim bail as absolute saying the order would be subject to conditions set by the special court.
In January this year, the court extended the interim bail granted to Malik on health grounds by another six months.
He was initially granted interim bail on medical grounds for two months in August last year, which was extended repeatedly.
Malik was suffering from kidney ailment and his condition has not improved since August 11, 2023 when he was granted interim bail for two months.
Malik challenged the Bombay High Court order passed in July, 2023 denying him bail on medical grounds in the case being probed by ED.
In February 2022, ED had arrested Malik in a case allegedly linked to the activities of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his associates.
