Above: Rohit Tandon (file picture)

Infamous Lawyer Rohit Tandon, incarcerated on charges of money laundering and caught with a huge tranche of cash during the demonetization move of the Centre, has been granted interim bail by Justice Ashutosh Kumar of the Delhi High Court on the grounds that his mother is ill.

Interestingly, former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi appeared for Tandon as the counsel.

Rohatgi has argued for Tandon that the money was his own, earned money, but was not disclosed. That does not make it illegal. Tandon was caught on charges of converting old currency.

On the last date of hearing the single-judge bench had issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate and had asked it to file a status report before this date of hearing.

On Thursday (August 10) the court granted Tandon interim bail.

—India Legal Bureau