Today, the Supreme Court extended the interim bail granted to former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain on medical grounds till July 24 in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate.

A division bench of justices A S Bopanna and M M Sundresh directed senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, counsel for Mr Jain, to submit the medical reports to Additional Solicitor General S V Raju.

During the brief hearing, Mr Singhvi submitted that three hospitals have recommended surgery for Jain.

Earlier, on 26th May, the Supreme court had granted interim bail to Mr Jain for six weeks on medical grounds, saying a citizen has a right to receive treatment of his choice in a private hospital at his own expense.

In the said matter, the ED had arrested Jain on May 30 last year on the charge of laundering money through four companies allegedly linked to him.

The agency had arrested Jain in the aftermath of a CBI FIR registered against him in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act.