Overview
- Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih granted bail on December 3 after hearing Joshi’s appeal against the High Court ruling.
- Joshi was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate under the PMLA in April following several hours of questioning at the agency’s Jaipur office.
- The money-laundering case arises from an Anti-Corruption Bureau FIR on suspected irregularities in implementing the Jal Jeevan Mission in Rajasthan.
- The scheme was executed by the state Public Health Engineering department, where Joshi served as minister in the previous Ashok Gehlot government.
- The Enforcement Directorate’s investigation remains ongoing despite the Supreme Court’s decision to release Joshi on bail.