5 days ago
Mumbai Court Rejects Sanjay Jain Discharge Plea In Remittance Case
A court in Mumbai is handling a case about more than ₹1,000 crore in alleged illegal foreign remittances.
Sanjay Jain is one of the people accused in the case.
Investigators say forged import papers were used to send foreign exchange abroad.
Jain’s lawyer tried to submit an application asking the court to remove him from the case.
The court asked why the application was filed so late.
The lawyer said he did not have all the papers and could not properly explain the delay.
The court said the case had already been pending since 2017.
It refused to accept the application because it believed the filing could delay the case further.
The Special PMLA Court in Mumbai refused to accept Sanjay Jain’s discharge application.
Jain is accused in a case involving foreign remittances exceeding ₹1,000 crore.
The Enforcement Directorate’s 2017 case alleges that Jain submitted forged import documents.
The documents allegedly included bills of entry and invoices used to remit foreign exchange.
The court said the application came nearly nine years after the chargesheet and appeared to be a delay tactic.
- Who
- Sanjay Jain, the accused, and the Enforcement Directorate, which registered the case.
- What
- A Special PMLA Court rejected Jain’s attempt to submit a discharge application in an alleged illegal foreign remittance and money laundering case.
- Where
- The Special PMLA Court in Mumbai.
- When
- The ruling was reported on August 28, 2026; the case was registered in 2017.
- Why
- The court said the application was filed after an unexplained delay of nearly nine years and could obstruct further proceedings.
Key facts
- Accused
- Sanjay Jain
- Court
- Special PMLA Court, Mumbai
- Case subject
- Alleged illegal foreign remittance and money laundering
- Amount involved
- More than ₹1,000 crore
- Case year
- 2017
- Alleged documents
- Forged bills of entry and invoices
- Court’s reason
- The discharge plea was filed after a nearly nine-year delay and was viewed as a possible delaying tactic.
Quotes
Special PMLA Court in Mumbai
The Mumbai court hearing the money-laundering case.
“It is not the case that the present accused is not aware about the pendency of discharge application of other accused. He could have filed it at an earlier stage for himself. This conduct of the accused shows deliberate attempt to pull back the matter, so that it does progress further”
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“It is necessary to stop somewhere, else this will go on for years together”
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