INX media case: ED attaches Karti Chidambaram’s four properties worth Rs 11.04 cr
Illegal gratification was received in the company of the accused in the name of providing consultancy by entities from INX Media.
Illegal gratification was received in the company of the accused in the name of providing consultancy by entities from INX Media.
The top court in January and May 2019 had granted Karti Chidambaram permission to travel to foreign countries after depositing Rs 10 crore each respectively with the registry.
As per the reports, Chidambaram was questioned for around six hours in connection with the probe into the Air India deal with Airbus.
Chidambaram also expressed his concern about the political leaders in Kashmir 'who have been detained without charges' post the revocation of Article 370.
On Wednesday evening at around 8 pm, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram walked out of the Tihar jail and met Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence.
Several party leaders welcomed the SC order granting bail to Chidambaram, with his lawyer and Congress colleague Abhishek Manu Singhvi describing the ruling as 'excellent light after a rather long tunnel'.
After spending 105 days in Tihar jail, the apex court on Wednesday granted Chidambaram bail in the INX Media money laundering case, registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The court issued a notice to CBI on the bureaucrats' bail plea and has posted the matter for hearing on December 17.
Solicitor General told the court that economic offence is graver than murder. It is a white-collar crime that has the potential to shake the faith of the common man in the establishment.
Chidambram was produced before Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar who gave the order after the ED sought extension of Chidambaram's judicial custody by 14 days, saying the probe in the case is on. The counsel for the 74-year old senior Congress leader did not oppose the central agency's plea.
