Stationery problem: Has even the CBI been hit by economic slowdown?

CBI counsel said it had run out of printed booklets of Chidambaram's case diary, and hence could not submit one

Someone joked even the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been hit by the slowdown in the economy. On Monday, during the hearing seeking an extension of the police custody of former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media case, the CBI submitted a computer printout of the case diary. Chidambaram’s counsel, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, objected to it, to which CBI counsel said that it had run out of printed booklets of the case diary, and hence could not submit one. The court then accepted the printout of the case diary while acceding to the probe agency’s plea