Court allows jailed Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal to meet ailing wife at Mumbai home
PTC News Desk: A special court in Mumbai allowed Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, who is accused of a Rs 538 crore fraud on Canara Bank, to meet with his ailing wife on January 13 on humanitarian grounds. He has also been allowed to see his private doctors for a variety of ailments.
The order came days after Goyal told the court that he had "lost every hope of life" and that it would be "better if he died in jail" than to live in such circumstances.
Goyal stated that he was deeply missing his wife, who is in the final stages of cancer.
On Tuesday, Special Judge MG Deshpande granted Goyal permission to meet with his wife at their Mumbai home on January 13 and to consult private doctors for the various ailments he has been suffering from between January 10 and January 12.
The judge stated that the accused is 75 years old and suffers from several illnesses.
"His body is not responding properly to keep him well. Additional fact is also not much disputed that his wife is bedridden, suffering from cancer," the court added.
"His only daughter is also reportedly not well enough to look after her mother. In this way, the accused and his wife have become orphans. In such a situation, the feeling of meeting the ailing wife once is quite natural," the Court further said.
The judge stated that allowing the same will not cause any prejudice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
"Considering this exceptional situation, I am of the opinion that empathy warrants considering the prayer of accused Naresh Goyal to meet ends of justice on humanitarian grounds."
The ED can assign staff to monitor this process to ensure that no activity is allegedly detrimental to the case, the judge added.
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