SC agrees to hear ED's plea challenging anticipatory bail to Anup Majee

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi agreed to hear the Enforcement Directorate's plea challenging the Delhi High Court's June 2025 anticipatory bail order in the money laundering case (registered in 2020). The bench issued notice to Anup Majee and posted the matter for hearing in September. The ED argued that coal worth ₹2,742.32 crore was misappropriated from the Eastern Coalfield Limited leasehold area by way of illegal excavation and pilferage. Majee's counsel claimed he has cooperated with the probe agency, having appeared 13 times; the ED contended national resource was plundered and questioned Majee's cooperation. The bench asked why Majee was not taken into custody earlier when he was absconding and noted he had been in the custody of the CBI previously. The ED stated there was some cooperation after Majee obtained protection, and Majee's counsel asserted ongoing cooperation.

The Delhi High Court granted anticipatory bail to Anup Majee, the director of a coal-trading firm, in the money laundering case registered in 2020. The Enforcement Directorate later challenged this order in the Supreme Court.