Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ahmed Patel and son Karti meet P Chidambaram in Tihar jail
Chidambaram will be produced before the court by the CBI for next hearing on September 19.
Chidambaram will be produced before the court by the CBI for next hearing on September 19.
A bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi has asked Karti Chidambaram to deposit a security deposit of Rs 10 crore.
The apex court also ordered Karti Chidambaram to deposit Rs 10 crore with the court if he wanted to go abroad.
The Delhi High Court had earlier on November 29 extended Chidambaram’s interim protection from arrest in the money laundering case till January 15.
The CBI is probing alleged irregularities in grant of FIPB approval in Aircel-Maxis deal, while the ED is probing alleged money-laundering related to the deal.
The apex court had on July 23 allowed Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad with certain conditions, including that he would not open or close any bank account abroad.
The CBI on July 19 filed a chargesheet against 18 persons in the case, including the former Finance Minister and Karti.
A special court had on October 8 extended former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and his son Karti's interim protection from arrest till November 1 in the Aircel-Maxis case.
The CBI is probing as to how Chidambaram, who was the Union finance minister in 2006, granted an FIPB approval to a foreign firm when only the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs was empowered to do it.
Karti Chidambaram termed the ED seizure as 'bizzare and outlandish which is not based on law or facts'.
