June 25, 2026
Lawyers for Gautam Adani on Wednesday urged a US judge to formally dismiss criminal charges against the Indian billionaire, after the Justice Department said last month it would no longer pursue the prosecution.
• Adani was charged in 2024 with agreeing to bribe Indian government officials so a subsidiary of his Adani Group could win approval to develop a solar plant, and then misleading US investors by providing reassuring information about his company's anti-corruption practices.
• In a letter to Brooklyn-based US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis, Adani's lawyer, Robert Giuffra, wrote that the case should be dismissed because it was beyond the reach of US law and because the prosecutors would not be able to prove the alleged bribery in India.
• Adani Group has consistently denied wrongdoing.
