INX Media case: P Chidambaram is in the CBI custody and will be produced before the concerned trial court today on expiry of his remand.
In the high-profile INX Media case, Chidambaram is accused of facilitating foreign direct investment clearance in the company and is currently being investigated by the CBI and the ED.
A bench of Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna heard arguments advanced by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta who said that Chidambaram was trying to play "victim card" and prevent ED from exercising its right to arrest him in the case.
The Supreme Court is hearing a fresh plea filed by P Chidambaram challenging the trial court's order that remanded him to the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation till August 26 in relation with the INX Media corruption case. Stay tuned to this space as we bring to you live and latest updates on the hearing.
INX Media Case: P Chidambaram's advocate to file affidavit in Supreme Court today. A Delhi court has already extended Chidambaram's CBI custodytill 30th August
The Supreme Court is all set to hear former finance minister P Chidambaram's pleas against the Delhi High Court's order rejecting his anticipatory bail in connection with the INX Media corruption case
INX Media case: CBI seeks help from 5 countries for investigation against P Chidambaram, son Karti
They said the LRs, or judicial requests seeking information from foreign countries, have been sent to the United Kingdom, Mauritius, Switzerland, Bermuda and Singapore, they said.
However, Chidambaram will continue to be in custody as the apex court, did not intervene in the CBI case in which he has been sent for custodial interrogation of the agency till Monday.
The Supreme Court is hearing former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram's plea on anticipatory bail. His plea challenges a Delhi High Court order that turned down his appeal for protection from arrest in the INX media case. A top court bench comprising Justices R Banumathi and AS Bopanna is hearing Chidambaram's appeal. On Thursday, a special CBI court extended Chidambaram's custody for questioning till August 26.
As per jail manual, inmates sleep on the floor, but senior citizens are provided a 'wooden takht' without a mattress. Sources said after a medical test, Chidambaram, 73, would be provided with this to sleep.
Chidambaram CBI custody: The frenzy surrounding former union minister P Chidambaram came to a certain pause as CBI court remanded him to CBI custody till August 26, that is, for next 5 days. The former Union Home Minister will now be questioned by the investigation agency in connection with the INX Media case.
Party chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said at a press conference, "The vindictive, selective and malicious manner in which former finance and home minister Chidambaram has been persecuted and prosecuted is nothing short of a brazen personal and political vendetta."
The Aircel-Maxis deal is an offshoot of the 2G spectrum allocation case and bears resemblance to the INX Media case. Former finance minister P Chidambaram has been arrested by the CBI in the latter case.
The company had proposed to get FDI worth Rs 4.62 crore, which was cleared by the FIPB with approval from then finance minister Chidambaram. But in violation of the conditions, the company received Rs 305 crore with a premium of Rs 800 per share.
A votary of free enterprise and unbridled economic reforms, Chidambaram started off as a hard-core leftist arguing in favour of the command economy in the late 1960s. A scion of a prominent industrialist family from Madras, Chidambaram -- who has done MBA from Harvard Business School -- chose not to joint the family business. Instead, he ventured into politics by joining the Congress after the party lost power in 1967.
He was produced before Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar where Chidambaram's advocates opposed the CBI plea on the ground that all the other accused, including his son Karti, have already been granted bail in the case.
P Chidambaram, senior Congress leader and former finance minister, had his own struggles through the first night spent at the CBI headquarters post his arrest in the INX media case. Chidambaram's arrest was a dramatic one with CBI sleuths scaling walls of his residence in New Delhi's Jor Bagh after he evaded arrest for days. He was kept in the suite 5 of the CBI guest house on the ground floor. From spending a sleepless night to refusing food, Chidambaram appeared all perturbed throughout the night.
Second round of questioning has begun at CBI HQ. 5 questions have so far been posed to P Chidambaram in the INX media case.
P Chidambaram was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday night. During his overnight questioning, Chidambaram was bombarded with crucial questions relating to the case and his dramatic disappearance ever since the Delhi High Court order hinting at imminent arrest. Chidambaram. After his arrest, Chidambaram was taken to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where a medical examination was done. He has been kept in the suit No. 5 of the CBI Guest House on the ground floor of the agency headquarters. His questioning started post 12 midnight. India TV is getting you the inside details of the CBI questioning.
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