{
  "id": 14999562,
  "title": "Supreme Court grants bail to former Rajasthan Minister in Jal Jeevan Mission case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/supreme-court-grants-bail-to-former-rajasthan-minister-in-jal-jeevan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T17:02:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-grants-bail-to-former-rajasthan-minister-in-jal-jeevan-mission-case/article71593150.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Supreme Court of India has granted bail to former Congress Minister Mahesh Joshi in connection with the Jal Jeevan Mission scam, observing that prolonged pre-trial detention cannot be allowed to “degenerate into punishment without trial” in breach of constitutional guarantees. The court also released Mukesh Pathak, another accused in the case, setting aside an August 13 order of the Rajasthan High Court denying them regular bail. The allegations against the two ministers stem from an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) probe into alleged irregularities in tenders floated by Rajasthan’s Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) under the Jal Jeevan Mission.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Supreme Court asks Bengal to allow MP Mahua Moitra to avail circuit house accommodation on a day’s notice",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/supreme-court-asks-bengal-to-allow-mp-mahua-moitra-to-avail-circuit",
        "published": "2026-10-16T17:48:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}