ED moves Mumbai sessions court against closure of cheating case against Jet Airways, Naresh Goyal

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached Mumbai sessions court challenging a magisterial order that denied permission to the agency to intervene in the Jet Airways case, and opposing a report filed by MRA Marg police for closing a cheating case against Jet Airways and its directors Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita.

The magistrate court had, on September 19, rejected ED’s plea for intervention in the case. ED had challenged the order claiming that it was probing money laundering allegations against the airline and the Goyals based on the MRA Marg case. The agency claimed if the case was closed, they would not be able to continue their probe.

The probing agency further sought a stay on the proceedings before the magistrate court, which is yet to accept the closure report, till the sessions court decided on its plea for intervention. The sessions court, however, on Thursday refused to grant a stay and scheduled the hearing on ED’s appeal for next week.