Overview
- Special MP‑MLA judge Satyanarayan Navander read out the charges, and Malik pleaded not guilty as proceedings moved into trial.
- Charges were framed under PMLA Sections 3, 4, 44, 45 and 70, with the next hearing fixed for December 19 followed by day‑to‑day hearings.
- The court rejected a discharge plea by Malik Infrastructure and cited higher‑court directions to expedite cases involving MPs and MLAs.
- ED alleges Malik acted with Haseena Parkar, Salim Patel and Sardar Khan to usurp Kurla’s Goawala Compound, launder about Rs 16 crore and use forged documents.
- One co‑accused serving a sentence in the 1993 bomb blasts case will have his statement recorded in jail, and Malik remains on Supreme Court‑granted medical bail.