Malik is the NCP candidate from Mumbai’s Mankhurd-Shivajinagar seat for the November 20 assembly polls.
When Nawab Malik was a minister in the MVA government, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis had alleged that he had links with associates of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Later on, Malik was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate over dubious land deals with alleged members of the D-Company.
A bench of justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi noted that Malik is in the hospital for kidney disease and other ailments.
Draft charges are a step towards commencing trial in a criminal case.