Earlier, the SC granted interim protection to Karti from arrest by the ED in connection with the case
NX Media Ltd, which was owned by Mukerjea, had allegedly paid bribes to get a Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval which was facilitated by P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram
Delhi Court had sent Peter Mukerjea to CBI custody till March 31 after the agency sought five-day custody of the former media baron
Earlier on March 15, the apex court gave interim protection to Karti from arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the case till March 26
Special judge Sunil Rana allowed CBI's plea seeking five-day custody of Mukerjea after the probe agency claimed that he was required to be confronted with Karti and others in the case
The Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate has sought three more weeks to file reply on his anticipatory bail plea
Karti was arrested from Chennai on February 28 by the CBI alleging irregularities in a FIPB clearance given to INX Media for receiving funds of about Rs 3.05 billion from overseas in 2007 when his fat
Karti, is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and ED for his alleged role in the INX Media case
The apex court's order came hours after the high court extended Chidambaram's protection from arrest in the ED case from March 20 to March 22
Karti is presently lodged in Tihar jail in connection with CBI's INX media corruption case
Delhi High Court's Justice Indermeet Kaur recused herself from hearing Karti Chidambaram's bail plea in the INX Media corruption case
Justice Kaur, who did not give any reason for her recusal, said she would refer the matter to the Acting Chief Justice for assigning the bail plea to another bench for today itself
Earlier in the day, the Delhi High Court granted interim relief to Karti Chidambaram in connection with the case
The court denied Karti's request for home food in the jail
Karti Chidambaram has been in CBI custody for questioning since his arrest from Chennai Airport on February 28
Karti Chidambaram is accused of receiving kickbacks a decade back to clear foreign investment into INX Media group
The CBI said it had found "new incriminating documents" to prove that Karti Chidambaram got kickbacks to get foreign investment clearance
SC had also allowed him to withdraw his plea pending with the apex court related to the money laundering case
UPA-era finance ministry bureaucrats are reportedly in the Enforcement Directorate's dock over the alleged INX Media money-laundering case
Karti is accused of receiving kickbacks a decade back to clear foreign investment into INX Media group, using the influence of his father P Chidambaram