Archive · 23 Sep 2026
Bombay High Court Questions Charges Against Nawab Malik
The Bombay High Court is reviewing a case against Nawab Malik.
Malik has been charged in a money-laundering case.
His lawyers say the Enforcement Directorate has documents that were not used in court but could help him.
They wanted the charges delayed until those documents were considered.
The lower court still framed charges in November 2025.
The ED says some of the documents Malik requested were destroyed in a fire.
The agency alleges the case involves about Rs 16 crore and a large plot in Mumbai.
It also alleges that Malik obtained the plot with help from Haseena Parkar.
The High Court will consider Malik’s challenge again on October 8.
The Bombay High Court questioned how charges were framed while Nawab Malik’s plea for unrelied ED documents remained pending.
Malik is challenging the special PMLA court’s November 18, 2025, decision to frame charges against him and others.
Malik’s lawyer said the withheld documents could have influenced the decision and sought a delay in proceedings.
The Enforcement Directorate said some requested documents were destroyed in a fire at its Fort office in April 2025.
The High Court will hear Malik’s plea again on October 8, while the ED alleges a money-laundering case involving about Rs 16 crore and a three-acre Kurla plot.
- Who
- Nawab Malik, the Enforcement Directorate, and the Bombay High Court are central to the proceedings.
- What
- The Bombay High Court is examining Malik’s challenge to the framing of charges in a money-laundering case.
- When
- The charges were framed on November 18, 2025; the High Court will hear the plea on October 8, 2026.
- Where
- The proceedings concern the Bombay High Court, the ED’s Fort office, and an alleged three-acre plot in Mumbai’s Kurla area.
- Why
- Malik argues that unrelied-upon documents sought from the ED could have affected the decision to frame charges.
Nawab Malik’s challenge
Enforcement Directorate’s response
Whether charges should have proceeded
Nawab Malik’s challenge
Malik’s lawyer argues that charges should not have been framed while the request for unrelied-upon documents was pending, because those documents could have affected the decision.
Enforcement Directorate’s response
The special court proceeded to frame charges against Malik and others, while the ED said some of the requested documents were destroyed in a fire.
Alleged property transaction
Nawab Malik’s challenge
Malik is contesting the charges and the allegations against him in the money-laundering case.
Enforcement Directorate’s response
The ED alleges that Malik possessed a prime three-acre plot in Mumbai’s Kurla area, acquired with help from Haseena Parkar, and that the case involves forged documents and about Rs 16 crore in alleged proceeds of crime.
- Accused
- Nawab Malik
- Case
- Money-laundering case under proceedings involving the PMLA court
- Charges framed
- November 18, 2025
- Documents dispute
- Malik is seeking seized documents not relied upon by the ED
- ED explanation
- The ED said some requested documents were destroyed in a fire at its Fort office in April 2025
- Alleged proceeds
- Around Rs 16 crore
- Next hearing
- October 8, 2026