Delhi High Court closes all proceedings against Satyendar Jain under Benami Act

In a big relief to AAP leader Satyendar Jain, Delhi High Court on Monday allowed former Delhi health minister's plea challenging proceedings against him under the Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Amendment Act. The High Court has closed all the proceedings against him under the Act.

Jain had filed the petition in 2017 and said that these alleged transactions took place between 2011 to March 2016 and therefore the amendment which came into effect in November 2016 would not apply.

According to Jain, the alleged Benami transactions, from the proceeds of which certain attached assets were claimed to have been purchased, took place between 2011 to March 31, 2016, and hence, the amendment which came into effect in November 2016 would not apply.


Last month, the Delhi High Court has said that no action, coercive or otherwise, shall be taken by the authorities against minister Satyendar Jainunder the amended benami law.

The order was passed by Justice Yashwant Varma while hearing a batch of petition by Jain and several others against the initiation of proceedings under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 against them.