New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who was first arrested by the CBI on Aug. 21 and later by Enforcement Directorate in the money-laundering case will walk out of jail after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the INX Media money laundering case today. The former Union Minister has spent 105 days in…
P. Chidambaram’s judicial custody extended till Dec.11
November 28, 2019New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday extended the judicial custody of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, who has been arrested in connection with INX media case, to Dec.11. Chidambaram had appealed the SC against a Delhi High Court decision denying him a regular bail in the ED charge of money laundering slapped against him in…
INX Media Case: SC grants bail to P. Chidambaram
October 22, 2019The bail order does not have any immediate effect since he is now in ED custody New Delhi: The Supreme Court today granted bail to former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in the INX Media corruption case. A three-member Apex Court Bench led Justice R. Banumathi passed orders to this effect. Chidambaram will have to…
Veer Savarkar and P. Chidambaram: History seems to have come full circle
October 21, 2019In the ever-changing electoral fortunes of the world’s largest Democracy, it is a Historian’s hope that the legacy of Savarkar and of men like him, do not become political footballs in the ugly arena of toxic public life. And as a Journalist, it is my hope that this reinstalled plaque of Savarkar would not be…
Chidambaram to remain in CBI custody till Monday
August 31, 2019New Delhi: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Court yesterday extended the Police custody of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram till Sept.2 in the INX Media case. On Monday, the Supreme Court (SC) will also hear the plea by Chidambaram challenging the remand order by the CBI Court. The order was passed by Special…
Apex Court dismisses Chidambaram’s plea
August 26, 2019New Delhi: In a setback for former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, the Supreme Court this morning said it cannot convert their petition against rejection of anticipatory bail by the Delhi High Court into a petition for regular bail and refused to entertain the plea against the CBI. The Top Court said Chidambaram may move regular…
Chidambaram to sleep on wooden cot in Tihar once CBI custody ends
August 23, 2019Jail food (lunch and dinner) includes a bowl of dal, one of the vegetables and 4 to 5 chapattis New Delhi: Former Finance and Home Minister P. Chidambaram would be spending his next three nights in the plush CBI headquarters on Lodhi Road during the Police remand but his stay in his expected judicial custody…
‘Congress must introspect on misuse of CBI’
August 23, 2019Mysuru: BJP has no role in the arrest of former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and it was not a vendetta politics, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman clarified yesterday. She said that the Congress reaction on the issue was on expected line. Congress has ruled the country for many years and the party might have…
CBI grills P. Chidambaram for three hours Put up in “Lock-up suite 3”
August 22, 2019New Delhi: Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram spent the night at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters after a dramatic arrest late last night from his house in south Delhi by officials who even climbed a wall in their attempts to get to him. Chidambaram was put up in “Lock-up suite 3” in the…
Chidambaram’s lawyers told to remove defects from plea
August 21, 2019New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning said it could not pass an order right away on the plea by former finance minister P. Chidambaram seeking protection from arrest in the INX Media Case, a day after the Delhi High Court refused to grant him anticipatory bail. A team of officers from the CBI arrived…
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