ED moves Supreme Court against HC relief to Aditya Talwar

NEW DELHI: In keeping with the government’s tough stance against economic offenders, the Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against a Delhi High Court order which had allowed Antiguan resident Aditya Talwar, son of lobbyist Deepak Talwar, to either appear in person or through his lawyer in court to defend himself against the charges.

This was mentioned by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta before a bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi and which included Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose.

The CJI said he would look at the government’s plea and take a decision on it soon.


Talwar Senior has been accused, along with Aditya Talwar, of causing huge losses to Air India by cutting lucrative deals for private ones during the UPA era. The deals made during the UPA era also involved commissions or bribery in the alleged buying of several aircraft. These deals are believed to have led to a situation in which the national carrier finds itself now.