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Punjab & Haryana High Court Defers Majithia’s Plea to August 26

Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya granted four weeks for Majithia to refine his petition challenging a ₹540 crore money-laundering probe during his judicial custody.

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Overview

  • The high court fixed the next hearing on Bikram Singh Majithia’s challenge to his arrest and remand for August 26, allowing him extra time to update his petition.
  • Majithia has been lodged in New Nabha Jail since July 6 and a Mohali court extended his judicial custody until August 2.
  • His petition contests the June 25 arrest by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau in a disproportionate assets case alleging laundering of ₹540 crore tied to a 2021 NDPS investigation.
  • He alleges illegal detention before formal arrest and calls the June 26 remand order perverse and non-speaking, arguing it breached his constitutional rights under Articles 22(2), 14, 20 and 21.
  • Majithia claims the probe amounts to political witch-hunting by the state government in response to his criticism of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.