New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- India's top judicial body, the Supreme Court of India, on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, granted bail to Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL) promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan, citing that the proceedings can not be used to prolong custody, reported the news portal Bar and Bench.

According to the news report, the Supreme Court bench comprising judges JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi, said that the prolonged incarceration of the accused in the case without a trial has violated the constitutional right to liberty and speedy trial.

The court also said that brothers Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan have spent more than five years in custody, while other co-accused in the related cases have been released on bail.

The Supreme C...