Adani Group stocks rose up to 3% after US Department of Justice dropped all criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani, concluding a 19-month legal battle. This development, alongside a $275 million settlement with the US Treasury for sanctions violations, lifts uncertainty over the Adani Group's expansion plans. The group had faced allegations of bribery and fraud linked to solar power contracts.

The DOJ is also close to dropping related criminal fraud charges against Adani, who has promised to invest $10 billion in the U.S., according to sources.

In a significant relief for Gautam Adani, the US Justice Department has withdrawn criminal charges and closed the securities and wire fraud against the billionaire businessman,…

MUMBAI: The legal cases that the Adani Group and its various top officials, including Gautam Adani, the group’s chairman, were facing in the US came to an end on Monday.