India, Jan. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to former Amtek Group chairperson Arvind Dham in a money laundering case arising from an alleged Rs.27,000-crore bank fraud. A bench of justices Sanjay Kumar and Alok Aradhe set aside the August 2025 order of the Delhi high court, denying Dham bail.

The high court held that his release could jeopardise the trial and undermine public confidence in the justice system. It observed that the allegations involved grave economic offences that caused substantial losses to public sector banks and could not be dealt with lightly.

Granting bail in such cases, the high court warned, risked eroding the fabric of economic governance. It noted that being "sick and infirm" was not a passport to...