<p>Supreme Court judge P K Mishra on Friday recused himself from hearing the bail plea of former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case.</p>.<p>The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Jain on May 30 last year on the charge of laundering money through four companies allegedly linked to him.</p>.<p>As the matter came before the bench headed by Justice A S Bopanna, he told senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Jain, that it would not be able to take up the matter.</p>.SC recommends elevation of AP HC CJ Justice Mishra, Sr Ad K V Vishwanathan as top court judges.<p>"We are unable to take it up before this bench", Justice Bopanna said.</p>.<p>The bench directed that the matter be placed before Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud to get appropriate orders for reassignment to a bench.</p>.<p>"Obtain orders from the Chief Justice to place it before a bench of which one of us (Justice Mishra) is not a part," Justice Bopanna said.</p>.<p>At the outset, Singhvi sought a passover saying the matter needed to be heard for some time and that he would at least require an hour to argue.</p>.<p>He urged the bench to post the matter on any Tuesday.</p>.<p>The bench directed that the interim order granting bail to Jain be extended till September 12, the next date of hearing.</p>.<p>On August 25, the top court had extended till September 1 the interim bail of Jain in a money laundering case despite vehement opposition by the ED, which said medical advice tendered to the AAP leader did not warrant the relief.</p>.SC extends Satyendar Jain's interim bail till Sept 1 in money-laundering case.<p>The top court had on May 26 granted interim bail to 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. It had extended the interim bail by five weeks on July 24.</p>.<p>The ED had arrested Jain on the basis of a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR registered against him in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act.</p>.<p>Jain was granted regular bail by a trial court on September 6, 2019 in the case registered by the CBI. </p>
<p>Supreme Court judge P K Mishra on Friday recused himself from hearing the bail plea of former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case.</p>.<p>The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested Jain on May 30 last year on the charge of laundering money through four companies allegedly linked to him.</p>.<p>As the matter came before the bench headed by Justice A S Bopanna, he told senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Jain, that it would not be able to take up the matter.</p>.SC recommends elevation of AP HC CJ Justice Mishra, Sr Ad K V Vishwanathan as top court judges.<p>"We are unable to take it up before this bench", Justice Bopanna said.</p>.<p>The bench directed that the matter be placed before Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud to get appropriate orders for reassignment to a bench.</p>.<p>"Obtain orders from the Chief Justice to place it before a bench of which one of us (Justice Mishra) is not a part," Justice Bopanna said.</p>.<p>At the outset, Singhvi sought a passover saying the matter needed to be heard for some time and that he would at least require an hour to argue.</p>.<p>He urged the bench to post the matter on any Tuesday.</p>.<p>The bench directed that the interim order granting bail to Jain be extended till September 12, the next date of hearing.</p>.<p>On August 25, the top court had extended till September 1 the interim bail of Jain in a money laundering case despite vehement opposition by the ED, which said medical advice tendered to the AAP leader did not warrant the relief.</p>.SC extends Satyendar Jain's interim bail till Sept 1 in money-laundering case.<p>The top court had on May 26 granted interim bail to 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. It had extended the interim bail by five weeks on July 24.</p>.<p>The ED had arrested Jain on the basis of a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR registered against him in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act.</p>.<p>Jain was granted regular bail by a trial court on September 6, 2019 in the case registered by the CBI. </p>