Former Union minister P Chidambaram to be in CBI’s custody till Aug 30

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Aug 26, 2019 : In a major setback to former Union minister P Chidambaram, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea, challenging the dismissal of his anticipatory bail in a corruption case lodged by the CBI in the INX Media case. The apex court said his petition has become infructuous as Chidambaram has already been arrested by the investigating agency, Yahoo reported.

 

Prior to this, the Congress leader had moved the top court, saying his plea challenging the trial court’s order remanding him to CBI custody in the case has not been listed for hearing today despite the apex court s direction on August 23. The Supreme Court said the plea will be listed for hearing after the registry gets necessary orders from Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

Chidambaram, whose CBI custody is ending today, was produced before a trial court where the agency would further seek his custody.