Overview
- Charges are yet to be framed as the special PMLA court is directed to record the statements of nine witnesses on a daily schedule.
- Langa must furnish bail bonds, fully cooperate with the trial, and avoid seeking adjournments on the ground of a pending quashing petition.
- The court warned that any breach of its directions could lead to cancellation of the interim bail.
- Solicitor General Tushar Mehta opposed bail citing alleged extortion, while Kapil Sibal for Langa contested the ED’s claims and document disclosure.
- A dispute over the amount involved persists, with the defence citing about Rs 68 lakh and the ED asserting more than Rs 1 crore, an issue the bench left to the trial.