Chidambaram had filed the plea for protection from arrest in the ED case on May 30 this year after which he got relief from the court on various occasions.
The Enforcement Directorate, which named the former minister as accused no. 1 in the charge sheet, has named eight other accused in the case including S Bhaskaraman and four Maxis companies.
Special CBI Judge O P Saini put up the matter for November 1 after the counsel appearing for agencies sought an adjournment in the matter.
The court pulled up the agency for filing the charge sheet without proper sanction and told the CBI that if required documents are not filed by November 26, the next day of hearing, the court may take appropriate action.
This is the fourth time the senior Congress leader is being questioned in the probe. He was last grilled for about six hours on August 24.
The Congress leader in an application levied allegations that the CBI only wanted media trial and was not interested in a fair probe.
Chidambaram and his son Karti were named in the chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the case on July 19.
Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram were named in a charge sheet filed by the CBI in the case on July 19.
Former Union minister P Chidambaram moved a Delhi court seeking anticipatory bail in the Aircel-Maxis case
Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said the government is misusing its power and authority as well as the agencies.
The case relates to the foreign investment clearance for the Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006, when P Chidambaram was Finance Minister in Manmohan Singh-led UPA government at the Centre.
The former finance minister's comments came a day after a Delhi court extended the protection from arrest granted to P Chidambaram and his son Karti in the case till August 7.
Chidambaram had moved the court on May 30, seeking protection from arrest in the money laundering case.
The court, which was scheduled to take up the matter for consideration on Wednesday, posted it as the concerned judge was on leave.
The interim protection which was earlier granted till Tuesday has now been extended by a month by Justice AK Pathak.
Referring to the Centre's affidavit, which denied intent to protect anybody in the case, the court modified its interim order granting protection to Rajeshwar Singh against inquiry.
Swamy, who had earlier moved the top court for expeditious investigation in the Aircel-Maxis case, has sought court's direction for making himself as a party in the fresh plea filed by Kapur against the ED official.
Swamy seeks to implead himself as a party, in a petition filed against an Enforcement Directorate officer probing the Aircel-Maxis deal case
The probe agency has charged Karti Chidambaram under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002.
The Enforcement directorate (ED) and CBI are investigating how Karti Chidambaram allegedly managed to get a clearance from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in the Aircel-Maxis deal when his father was the Union Finance Minister in 2006.
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