US bribery case: Adani makes first legal submission, asks court to defer ruling
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI , BENGALURU : Adani Group chairperson Gautam Adani's counsel on 23 January made their first submission in a US court 14 months after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a bribery and securities fraud case against the Indian billionaire and his nephew.
Global law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, writing on behalf of Gautam Adani and with the consent of his nephew Sagar Adani, requested the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York to defer its ruling on a motion made by the SEC on 21 January, as Adani's counsel and the US regulator were discussing a stipulation on the case, showed the submission reviewed by Mint. A stipulation is a formal agreement between opposing parties during a lawsuit regarding a fact or procedure. It means that both parties agree on a fact or a procedure and do not need to discuss or debate it every time in court.
Adani's counsel did not indicate what was the stipulation being discussed with the SEC. The case concerns allegations by US regulators in November 2024 that Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani, among others, paid bribes to government officials in India to secure favourable power-supply contracts for Adani Green Energy Ltd.
The regulators claimed that the Adanis lied about the company’s anti-bribery policies when raising capital from American investors and did not disclose the alleged bribes they had paid, committing securities fraud. Sullivan & Cromwell and the Adani Group did not immediately respond to Mint's request for a comment.
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