The Bombay High Court on Friday, June 10, 2022 refused to release Nationalist Congress Party leader Nawab Malik, who is in jail in connection with various money laundering cases being probed by the Enforcement Directorate, with an escort to cast his vote for Rajya Sabha elections today.
A single bench of justice P.D. Naik was hearing an urgent petition filed by Mr. Malik to be permitted to vote and come back to jail.
The court asked how this petition was maintainable under Article 227 of the Indian Constitution (power of superintendence over all courts by the high court).
