Maharashtra
Bombay HC Rejects Nawab Malik’s Bail Plea On Medical Grounds In Connection With Money Laundering Case Linked To Dawood Ibrahim
The Bombay High Court on Thursday rejected the interim bail plea filed by former state minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik on medical grounds in an alleged money laundering case registered by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) related to underworld fugitive Dawood Ibrahim.
Justice Anuja Prabhudessai, while rejecting the temporary medical bail plea, said that she will hear the NCP leader’s bail plea on merits in two weeks.
Malik was arrested in February 2022 by ED
After detailed arguments by Malik’s counsel and ED, Justice Anuja Prabhudessai had reserved the order on June 16.
Malik, who was arrested in February 2022 by the ED in an alleged money laundering case linked to fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides, has sought bail on medical grounds contending that he has lost a kidney and the other kidney is functioning weakly.
The NCP leader is in judicial custody and at present is undergoing treatment at a private hospital for chronic kidney disease.
The ED had opposed Malik’s medical bail plea saying several people are living normal lives with just one functioning kidney.
Malik’s counsel argued that his health is deteriorating
Amit Desai, Malik’s counsel, argued that the NCP leader’s health has been deteriorating over the last eight months and that at present he is in stage 2 to stage 3 of chronic kidney disease.
“It is not possible to reverse the disease but at least his condition can be stabilised. Surgeries need to be performed. This will ultimately be fatal if he continues to be in such a stressful situation,” Desai argued while seeking bail.
Prosecution says Malik’s condition not as serious as portrayed
However, Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, appearing for ED, opposed the plea saying that Malik’s condition is not as critical as is being portrayed.
ASG said, “Only his left kidney has a problem. His right kidney is functioning well. Many times people donate a kidney and with one kidney they live their lives. He (Malik) will also live a normal life.”
Singh also showed Malik’s medical report prepared by the medical board of the JJ Hospital which said that Malik need not be hospitalised. He further argued, “The ground that Malik is under stress cannot be accepted as, nowadays, everyone is living under stress. Who doesn’t have stress.”
Requesting the court to take a sympathetic view of Malik’s situation, Desai said that he was charged with an offence which was punishable by a maximum of seven years of imprisonment. When it comes to medical emergencies there cannot be a discriminatory attitude by the government and ED. This infringes Article 14 of the Constitution, the counsel said.
Maharashtra
Azmi’s unique protest… Wearing a mask, he reached Nagpur Assembly with a banner demanding effective action to end toxic air pollution in Mumbai, SMS company

Mumbai: Air pollution and toxic atmosphere are common in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar. The people of Shivaji Nagar and Govindi are facing toxic fumes every day. Successive governments have neglected this area because it is a poor neighbourhood.
On the second day of the winter session of the Assembly today, the Samajwadi Party (SP) made a clear demand.
It has demanded the immediate closure of the SMS company, RMC plant, and dumping ground and made it clear to the government that it should stop playing with the lives of the common man.
The government should take effective steps to eliminate this toxic air pollution. Abu Asim Azmi said that due to the SMS company in Govandi, the average age of people has increased to 39 years and diseases are spreading due to burning waste and chemical materials in it, so it should be banned immediately. He further said that clean sanitation and other facilities should be available in Govandi and such a factory should be closed so that the people can live a healthy life. Abu Asim Azmi protested against the toxic air outside the Nagpur Assembly in a very unique way by holding a banner and wearing a mask.
Maharashtra
Increase in crime incidents in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, demand for action against drug dealers and drug users, Abu Asim demands in Nagpur Assembly

Mumbai: Due to the increase in crime incidents in Mumbai’s Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, the law and order situation is dire. Due to the shortage of police manpower, it is difficult to control crimes. Three murders have been committed here in three months. The increasing incidents of crime. Maharashtra Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi, while addressing the Nagpur winter session, expressed concern and said that he demanded an increase in the police manpower and the establishment of a new police station in Shivaji Nagar so that criminal elements can be curbed. Along with this, he has also demanded action against drug and drug addicts here. Abu Asim Azmi told the House on a notice seeking attention that there has been an increase in murders, attempted murders and robberies last month. A 24-year-old coconut vendor was murdered over a money transaction. The second murder was committed due to personal enmity and the third murder was committed due to drug dealing. The police are investigating this case in connection with drugs. Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar is a poor area. The law and order situation here is bad due to drug addicts and drug dealers. The population here has also increased immensely. Whenever a road expansion or other project is started somewhere, people are rehabilitated here. That is why there is a shortage of police here. Even after setting up a bat post, there is no police in it because there is a shortage of police manpower. In such a situation, Azmi has demanded that police be deployed here.
Maharashtra
Mumbai: Hajra, wife of builder Riaz in Kurla, accused of illegal abortion, Kherwadi police registers case against mother

Mumbai: An incident has come to light in Mumbai in which a case has been registered against a mother for illegally aborting a pregnancy. Kherwadi police have registered a case of abortion against the second wife of Kurla builder Riaz Shah. On December 7, Riaz Shah’s son filed a complaint in which it was stated that Hajra Shah had miscarried a 24-month-old child. The abortion was done using contraception in 2024 and on the complaint of this illegal act, the police have registered a case against Hajra and her brother Ashfaq under sections 88, 91, 238 of the BNS. This is the first case of its kind in which a case has been registered against the mother for wasting contraception. In 2024, when Riaz Shah asked his wife where the child was, she said that she had miscarried and that she had done the autopsy of the newborn in the Kurla Sunni graveyard and her brothers Ashfaq and Imran Lado knew about this. When Riaz checked in the graveyard, no record of the newborn was found, after which the police registered a case of misleading and aborting the child. Junaid Riaz Shah has filed a complaint against Liya. The police are investigating the matter further.
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