SC to hear Chidambaram plea against arrest by CBI on Tuesday, imposes rider

SC initially grants protection from jail till Thursday, later agrees to take up matter on Tuesday

Following a curious turn of events in the Supreme Court (SC), a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in the Capital extended former finance minister P Chidambaram’s custody with the agency for one day. The lower court said it would await the apex court’s orders in the case.

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court had initially, while hearing Chidambaram’s plea against arrest by the CBI, granted him protection till Thursday. In its order, a two judge Bench of Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna had directed the CBI court to take up the former union minister’s plea