The High Court reserved its order and the interim protection from arrest granted to Chidambaram will continue till the decision is passed on his plea for anticipatory bail
The other accused in the case include then directors of the INX Media company, Karti Chidambaram, Indrani Mukerjea, Peter Mukerjea
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi turned down senior advocate K V Vishwanathan's request that Karti's plea be listed for hearing
The senior Congress leader's role had come under the scanner of various investigating agencies in the Rs 3,500-crore Aircel-Maxis deal and the INX Media case involving Rs 305 crore
The central probe agency has earlier grilled Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram in this case and has also attached his assets worth an estimated Rs 540 million
The ED and the CBI are probing how Chidambaram's son Karti managed to get clearance from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board
Chidambaram and his son, Karti, have been under the scanner in connection with the Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance granted to INX Media
The properties were attached under the section of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)
When it comes to the question of liberty, the courts do not go into technicality, a bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said
The ED had last year lodged the money laundering case in this regard
The Delhi HC had earlier asked the senior Congress leader to cooperate in the investigation as and when called by the CBI
The CBI has claimed in its appeal that it was "impermissible" for the high court to entertain the bail plea filed by Karti when an application seeking similar relief was pending before the trial court
The senior CBI official mentioned earlier said the ex-leader might be called for a second round
P Chidambaram's alleged role has come under the scanner of investigating agencies in connection with the Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance of Rs 3.05 billion given to INX Media
The Delhi High Court has granted Chidambaram interim protection from arrest until July 3 in the case.
Delhi HC has granted Chidambaram interim protection from arrest until July 3 in the case
Chidambaram will today appear before CBI for questioning in connection with alleged irregularities in giving INX Media the clearance to receive foreign investment
Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram was also arrested in the case for allegedly receiving funds to the tune of Rs 1 million
Justice A K Pathak asked Chidambaram to join and cooperate in the questioning session as and when called by the CBI
However, the officials did not give any immediate reason but confirmed that he will not be coming today for questioning