Gautam Adani US Case Dismissed: Clean chit to Gautam Adani, US Justice Department removed all criminal charges.

New Delhi/New York: Indian industrialist Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani have received a huge legal relief at the international level. U.S. The Department of Justice (DoJ) has permanently dropped all criminal charges against both of them. With this, the high-profile securities and wire fraud case going on in New York has been completely closed. US prosecutors concluded that they could not gather enough evidence to prove these charges in court. The court has dismissed the case ‘with prejudice’, which means the case will not be reopened in the future.

Questions were raised on jurisdiction
Earlier, on April 7, 2026, in the District Court of New York, Adani’s strong legal team, which included veteran American legal counsels like Sullivan & Cromwell and Norton Rose Fulbright, had strongly challenged these American allegations. The lawyers had argued that this case is entirely related to Indian citizens and alleged incidents in India, over which the US securities laws (SEC) do not have any necessary jurisdiction. Many legal experts, including former SEC Commissioner Laura Unger, also criticized this use of US laws on foreign-focused cases.

All American investigations stopped
With the closure of this case, many American regulatory and legal investigations related to Adani Group have also ended in the last few days. Just last week, civil charges and claims of Iran sanctions violations were settled with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) by paying $18 million (by Gautam and Sagar Adani) and $275 million respectively, with the group not admitting or denying any wrongdoing. Ultimately, after the DoJ dropped the criminal charges, a major obstacle in the global expansion plan of Adani Group has been removed.