New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Former Chairman and Managing Director of Jaypee Infratech Ltd has moved to the Delhi High Court in search of extension of his interim bail.
He was granted interim bail on the grounds of his mom’s well being. However, the order granting interim bail to Gaur is below problem earlier than the Delhi High Court.
Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani renotified the recent plea for extension of interim bail for listening to on Friday alongwith the related matter.
Advocate Rahul Tyagi appeared for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and opposed the recent plea, submitting that it’s exceptional for a recent plea for extension to be filed when the order granting interim bail is below problem.
Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra and Advocate Dr Farrukh Khan appeared for Manoj Gaur, who submitted that the interim bail is expiring tomorrow.
Senior Counsel submitted that the ED has not verified Gaur’s mom’s medical situation.
The submissions had been opposed by Advocate Rahul Tyagi.
The bench requested him to file the standing report in accordance with the January 30 route and to supply a duplicate to the alternative celebration.
The Delhi High Court on January 30 issued discover on the plea of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) difficult the interim bail granted to Businessman Manoj Gaur, former CMD of Jaypee Infratech Ltd, on mom’s well being.
The High Court had additionally directed the ED to confirm the present medical situation of his mom. Counsel for Gaur is directed to supply all medical paperwork to the Investigation Officer.
ED’s counsel Rahul Tyagi had submitted that the interim bail was granted throughout the listening to of normal bail, and the dual circumstances of PMLA for bail weren’t thought of.
The ED argued that it’s a case of alleged cash laundering of Rs 13,000 crore involving 25,000 homebuyers.
The trial court docket granted interim bail with out contemplating the provide made by ED to grant custody parole to the accused to be together with her mom.
On the opposite hand, Advocate Dr Farrukh Khan opposed ED’s submissions and argued that the dual circumstances do not apply to the grant of interim bail.
Patiala House Court on January 24 granted 14 days’ interim bail to Manoj Gaur on the well being situation of previous age mom.
Gaur was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a case registered in 2018. He was arrested on November 13, 2025.
The court docket had granted interim bail to Manoj Gaur on two sureties of Rs 5 lakh every.
It was argued that the well being situation of Manoj Gaur’s mom is deteriorating day-to-day. She is of previous age and requires dialysis. She may be very weak and affected by numerous medical illnesses. He needs to be along with his mom.
On the opposite hand, Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Atul Tripathi opposed the bail plea, stating that there are different members to take care of her.
The plea highlights that Gaur is 61 years previous and has a 30-year medical historical past. While his mom is bedridden and 92 years previous.
It was said that Gaur’s detention, seen within the backdrop of an eight-year-old ED case, documentary allegations, absence of non-public acquire, statutory divestment of management over corporations, and severe medical infirmities, is grossly disproportionate and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India.
On November 13, the Court granted ED 5 days’ custody of Manoj Gaur. It had submitted that it’s a money-laundering case involving the funds of Home Buyers. Accused individuals collected Rs 13000 crores however didn’t use the identical to offer lodging to residence patrons.
ED had stated that it arrested Manoj Gaur, former Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of M/s Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. (JAL) and former Chairman and Managing Director of M/s Jaypee Infratech Ltd. (JIL), below Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
The arrest occurred following an in depth investigation and evaluation of proof gathered throughout the ongoing probe in an ECIR recorded by the ED below PMLA in reference to the Jaypee Group, the company stated in a launch.
It can also be stated that the ED initiated an investigation in opposition to the Jaypee group on the idea of a number of FIRs registered by the Economic Offences Wings (EOW) of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Police, primarily based on complaints filed by homebuyers of Jaypee Wishtown and Jaypee Greens tasks, alleging prison conspiracy, dishonest, and prison breach of belief in opposition to the corporate and its promoters.
The company alleged that funds collected from 1000’s of homebuyers for the development and completion of residential tasks had been diverted for non-construction functions, leaving the homebuyers defrauded and their tasks incomplete.
ED investigation revealed that out of roughly Rs. 14,599 Crore collected by JAL and JIL from homebuyers (as per claims admitted by NCLT), substantial quantities had been diverted for non-construction functions and siphoned off to associated group entities and trusts, together with Jaypee Sewa Sansthan (JSS), M/s Jaypee Healthcare Ltd. (JHL), and M/s Jaypee Sports International Ltd. (JSIL), the ED stated.
It is revealed throughout the investigation that Manoj Gaur is the Managing Trustee of Jaypee Sewa Sansthan (JSS), which obtained a part of the diverted funds, the company claimed.
Earlier, on 23 May 2025, the ED had performed search operations at 15 places in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, and Mumbai, together with the places of work and premises of M/s Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. and M/s Jaypee Infratech Ltd. During the searches, ED seized a big quantity of economic and digital data, together with paperwork evidencing the offence of cash laundering and diversion of funds, ED stated.
The company has alleged that the investigation has established the central function of Manoj Gaur within the planning and execution of the fund diversion by means of a posh net of transactions throughout the Jaypee Group and its related entities. (ANI)