Overview
- The special court held there is sufficient material to proceed under the PMLA and directed all accused, including Nawab Malik, to appear on November 18 for framing of charges.
- Judge S R Navander recorded that Malik acted in connivance with D-Company members Haseena Parkar and Salim Patel and with accused Sardar Khan, and that rent collected by Solidus Investments and Malik Infrastructure constituted proceeds of crime.
- The court accepted the prosecution’s position that Malik Infrastructure and Solidus are family-controlled entities not separable for criminal liability, rejecting the firm’s claim that it could not be implicated for transactions predating 2010–11.
- The order notes a forged power of attorney dated July 23, 1999 and cites Munira S. Plumber’s statement that documents purportedly executed by her, beyond an initial March 1999 power of attorney, were not genuine, involving the Kurla Goawala Compound.
- The judge declined Malik’s request to defer charge framing pending a High Court writ, noting the absence of any stay, and placed the case within the wider probe launched after the NIA’s February 2022 FIR on D-Company.