Twist of tales: It was Chidambaram who inaugurated the CBI headquarters in 2011
India | August 22, 2019 0:52 ISTChidambaram served as the finance minister in 1996 and 2004 and was appointed the federal minister for Home Affairs in 2008.
Chidambaram served as the finance minister in 1996 and 2004 and was appointed the federal minister for Home Affairs in 2008.
In a dramatic development, former union minister P Chidambaram appeared at All India Congress Committee on Wednesday evening and held a press conference. He read out a written statement for about six minutes before leaving the venue of the press conference without taking any questions.
Registrar (Judicial) informed Chidambaram's lawyer that Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has listed the matter for hearing on Friday.
Former Union Minister P Chidambaram approached Supreme Court contesting the FIR and denial of bail in relation to INX Media case. On Tuesday, (August 20) Delhi High Court denied relief to Chidambaram by refusing to grant him bail. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) could not arrest him on Monday. Here are the arguments Chidambaram made in his petition before the Supreme Court.
Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram cannot leave the country. All aiports, immigration desks have been put on high alert. The development came as a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice N. V. Ramana on Wednesday refused to grant interim relief from arrest to the former Finance Minister and referred the matter to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi for urgent hearing on his anticipatory bail plea in the INX Media case.
Justice N V Ramana told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, that the case will be put before CJI Ranjan Gogoi.
The Supreme Court is the last resort for the former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to save himself from the imminent threat of arrest in the INX Media scam.
Hours after the Delhi High Court rejected former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram's anticipatory bail in the INX media case, a team of the CBI and the ED officials visited his residence. However, the senior Congress leader was not present there.
The CBI arrested former union minister P Chidambaram from his Jor bagh residence late on Wednesday. The arrest was preceded by high drama in which CBI officials scaled the compound wall and police had to deal with Congress workers. He was then taken to CBI headquarters.
Enforcement Directorate summons former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in aviation scam PMLA case
According to the officials, Chidambaram has been asked to depose on August 23 before the investigating officer of the case at an Enforcement Directorate office in Delhi to record his statement.
Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision over population explosion, eliminating single use plastic and respecting wealth creators.
A Delhi court on Friday extended till August 23 the interim protection from arrest granted to former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in Aircel-Maxis cases filed by the CBI and the ED.
Giving point-by-point rebuttal to senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said in the Rajya Sabha that all revenue targets in the budget are realistic and India will become a $5 trillion economy in the next five years.
Special Judge O P Saini extended the protection after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sought three-weeks' time to argue on their anticipatory bail plea, at which the lawyers appearing for Chidambarams requested for extension of interim protection granted to them earlier.
"According to me, the Election Commission has largely failed the people of India. It has been a silent spectator to the excesses of the BJP, Mr Modi's utterances and the enormous amount of money that has been spent by the BJP," Chidambaram said.
A Delhi court on Friday extended till May 6 the interim protection from arrest granted to former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in the Aircel-Maxis case.
I-T raids on opposition leaders in Tamil Nadu ahead of polls has created a furore. On Tuesday the officials raided DMK leader Kanimozhi. Today, P Chidambaram has lashed out against the income tax raids and blamed government of misusing its machinery.
The former finance minister also said the scheme showed that the BJP was living by the “truth that desperate times require desperate measures”.
He also says that miracles could have been performed with the kind of majority that the BJP got on its own (282) and with its allies (336) in the Lok Sabha elections of 2014.
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