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At the centre of the dispute are profits generated from a hotel enterprise in which Singh claims entitlement to a 50 per cent share.

Former Rajya Sabha member and businessman Amarendra Dhari Singh has initiated commercial litigation in the High Court in London against members of the Jain family and two corporate entities, alleging that profits linked to a hotel business venture worth at least $110 million (around £86 million or approximately Rs 920 crore) were diverted through UK and offshore corporate structures.

Singh, who represented Bihar in the Rajya Sabha on a Rashtriya Janata Dal ticket between April 2020 and April 2026, has business interests across chemicals, fertilisers and real estate. His six-year term ended on 9th April this year.

The case was filed before the London Commercial Court on 30th January and remains active.

The defendants named in the proceedings are Sumita Jain, Pankaj Jain, Sambhav Jain, Sanjay Jain, Cronos Investment Limited and Odin Nominees Limited.

At the centre of the dispute are profits generated from a hotel enterprise in which Singh claims entitlement to a 50 percent share. Court- filings connected to the proceedings indicate that the total profit pool under dispute is estimated at around $220 million, with Singh seeking tracing and recovery of at least half that amount.

According to Singh’s claims in the litigation, assets and proceeds linked to the business arrangement were moved through corporate structures in multiple jurisdictions, placing them beyond his reach. The claim also references historical international corporate networks that Singh alleges were later utilised in connection with the disputed assets.

Public corporate records provide insight into some of the assets linked to entities named in the proceedings.

Companies House filings from March 2026 show that defendant entity Cronos Investment Limited acts as charge-holder over commercial hospitality assets in Britain, including leasehold land linked to Chilworth Manor in Southampton and the freehold of The Castle Green Hotel in Kendal.

While the properties operate independently, the filings indicate Cronos retains financial security interests connected to the assets.

Court records show the case has already progressed through multiple procedural stages followed by interim judicial orders issued by Justice Bryan in March and Justice Dias in April.

Multiple law firms are representing parties in the dispute. Saunders Law is acting for Singh. Devonshires Solicitors LLP represents Sumita Jain, Pankaj Jain, Sambhav Jain and Cronos Investment Limited. Sanjay Jain is represented separately by Cooke, Young and Keidan LLP, while Odin Nominees Limited is represented by BCL Solicitors LLP.

The London proceedings are unfolding alongside separate litigation in the Isle of Man Courts of Justice, where summary court listings show Singh pursuing proceedings involving Sumita Jain and Odin Nominees Limited before Deemster Needham.

The allegations remain contested. No findings of liability have been made by the High Court and the proceedings remain ongoing.

The London dispute also intersects with a separate history of financial investigations involving Singh. In 2021, the Enforcement Directorate arrested Singh in a money laundering case linked to an alleged fertiliser import scam after registering an ECIR based on a CBI FIR filed on 17th May that year. The FIR named multiple individuals including Singh, Rajiv Saxena, Pankaj Jain and Sanjay Jain in relation to allegations surrounding inflated fertiliser imports and alleged illegal commissions routed through overseas structures. Singh was identified in investigative records as a senior executive associated with Dubai-based Jyoti Trading Corporation.

Investigators alleged that illegal commissions worth about Rs 685 crore were generated through fertiliser import transactions between 2007 and 2014, with agencies claiming financial flows moved through multiple entities and intermediaries in different countries.

Rajiv Saxena, who was also named in the fertiliser investigation, separately became publicly known because of the AgustaWestland helicopter investigation. A Dubai-based businessman extradited to India in 2019, Saxena later became an accused-turned-approver in that case, where agencies alleged he had knowledge of offshore financial structures linked to the alleged kickback trail. His role in the helicopter case is separate from the issues under dispute in the present London proceedings.

Requests for comment were sent to legal representatives for the parties and entities named in the proceedings, including Saunders Law, Devonshires Solicitors LLP, Cooke, Young and Keidan LLP, and BCL Solicitors LLP. Responses were awaited at the time of publication.