New Delhi: Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, released from the Tihar jail, here on Wednesday, after granted bail by the Supreme Court, said there was not a “single charge framed against me” in the last 106 days. After stepping out of the jail, Chidambaram said, “I can’t comment on the case. […]
New Delhi: Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, who was lodged in Tihar jail in connection with the INX Media case, was on Wednesday released after 106 days in prison after granted bail by the Supreme Court. Chidambaram came out of the Tihar jail around 8 p.m. after the jail authorities received […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Congress leader P Chidambaram in a money laundering case related to INX Media and directed that he could not leave the country without its prior permission nor speak to the media. Chidambaram, who has been in custody for 105 days, should neither try to influence […]
New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who is in custody of the Enforcement Directorate in the INX Media case, was taken to AIIMS on Monday evening after he complained of illness. As per the latest report, Chidambaram was taken to AIIMS for gastrointestinal health complications. He is now stable and has been discharged. He […]
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a chargesheet in a special court in connection with the INX Media case involving former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and his Karti and others. The chargesheet filed by the agency names 14 accused including Peter Mukerjea, Karti, P. Chidambaram, Karti’s accountant Bhaskar and some […]
New Delhi: Seventy-one retired bureaucrats on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing concern over the prosecution of four former officials of the Finance Ministry in the INX Media case and asserted that such action will demotivate diligent and honest officers from taking important decisions. They demanded that there should be a reasonable period […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s bail plea in the INX media case. A bench headed by Justice R. Banumathi listed the matter for October 15 asking the CBI to file its response to the former minister’s bail application. Chidambaram’s […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday extended till October 17 the judicial custody of P Chidambaram giving no respite to the former finance minister who has been in CBI’s custody and in jail for six weeks in the INX Media corruption case even as he moved the Supreme Court for bail. But in some […]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: An Odia IAS officer, Anup K Pujari, will be prosecuted in connection with the FIPB clearance granted to INX Media. Pujari was the secretary of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) between 2006 and 2010. The central government has issued a sanction to the CBI to prosecute Pujari, former NITI […]
New Delhi: Former finance minister P Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media corruption case, told the Delhi High Court Wednesday that the offences of cheating and criminal conspiracy alleged against him are not grave in nature and he should be released on bail. His counsel submitted in the court that the offences for which Chidambaram […]
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday opposed in the Delhi High Court the bail plea of Congress leader P Chidambaram in the INX Media corruption case, saying the magnitude of financial embezzlement and misuse of high public office disentitles him for any relief. The probe agency, in its reply to the bail plea moved by […]
New Delhi: In a major jolt to former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, the special CBI judge extended his judicial custody till October 3 on Thursday. Chidambaram, who has been lodged in Tihar jail since September 5, when the court sent him to 14 days judicial custody in the INX media case, […]
New Delhi: Same food is available for everyone, said the Delhi High Court on Thursday while hearing the regular bail plea filed by former finance minister P. Chidambaram, who is currently in Tihar Jail in INX Media corruption case. “Same food is available for everyone,” said Justice Suresh Kumar Kait after Chidambaram’s counsel Kapil Sibal […]
New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday alleged that the INX Media case is “political vendetta” and the investigation agency is “acting on the behest of the Centre”. “It is the petitioner’s case that the instant criminal proceeding is a mala fide and is borne out of political vendetta and the investigation agency […]
New Delhi: Former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, who is currently in judicial custody in the INX Media case, on Monday said he did not want any “officials involved” in the case to be arrested as they had done “no wrong”. “I have requested my family to tweet on my behalf […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, who was arrested by the CBI on August 21 and was in the agency’s custody for several days, was confronted by four to five persons and answered more than 400 questions related to the INX Media case and the FIPB approvals given during his term as the Union […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will remain in the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) custody till September 5 despite the investigating agency informing the court that it does not want to question him further. Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Chidambaram, assured […]
New Delhi: A Delhi Court Monday extended the CBI custody of former finance minister P Chidambaram by one day in the INX Media corruption case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar will also hear at 3:30 PM on Tuesday the interim bail plea of Chidambaram, who was produced before the court on the expiry of his […]
New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday got some partial relief from the Supreme Court which ordered he remain in CBI custody in the INX Media case and not be sent to the Tihar Jail until the court hears his plea. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, told a bench headed by […]
New Delhi: Hours after the Supreme Court Monday asked the trial court to consider former finance minister P Chidambaram’s request for interim bail in the INX Media corruption case, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta sought modification of the order. Considered his request, the apex court advanced the hearing in the case to Tuesday from Thursday. In […]
New Delhi: A court here on Friday extended, till Monday, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s CBI custody in the INX media case. Additional Solicitor General K.M. Natrajan, appearing for the Central Bureau of Investigation, sought five more days custody of Chidambaram, whose present remand ended on Friday, saying that extensive interrogation of the accused was […]
New Delhi: In an unprecedented plea, former finance minister P Chidambaram Thursday offered in the Supreme Court to remain in CBI’s custody till September 2 in the INX Media corruption case. Chidambaram, who was arrested on August 21, is in the CBI custody till Friday and will be produced before the concerned trial court tomorrow […]
Mumbai: Jailed media baron Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the killing of her daughter, on Thursday termed the arrest of former Union finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX media money laundering case as “good news”. Chidambaram was arrested on August 21 by the CBI in the INX Media corruption and money laundering case. […]
New Delhi: Former finance minister P Chidambaram Tuesday strongly refuted in the Supreme Court the ED allegations that he has valuable properties and accounts in 12 foreign countries and said each and every asset has been disclosed by him. Chidambaram, arrested on August 21 in the INX Media case lodged by the CBI, said in […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended, by one more day, its protection to former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram from arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in INX Media case. Extending the protection to the Congress leader, now in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody in the case after his arrest last week, the […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram sought in the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the Enforcement Directorate be asked to produce the transcripts of his interrogation it had conducted on three dates in the INX Media money laundering case. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, told a bench of […]
New Delhi: A CBI court on Monday extended the CBI remand of former Finance Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram in the INX media case till August 30. Special CBI judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar, whose court at the Rouse Avenue court complex here deals with criminal cases pertaining to MPs and MLAs, announced his order […]
New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday suffered a setback when the Supreme Court rejected his petition challenging the Delhi High Court’s order dismissing his anticipatory bail in a CBI case, saying it has become “infructuous”. The apex court granted the Congress leader liberty to file fresh regular bail in the Central Bureau […]
New Delhi: While the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is all set to present its case in the Supreme Court against P. Chidambaram in the INX Media case, an agency source indicated that the former Finance Minister and his son Karti changed the share holding pattern of shell companies. The source privy of the probe told IANS: […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday deferred hearing till Monday on a petition filed by former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram against the Delhi High Court’s verdict refusing him protection from arrest in the INX Media case. An apex court bench comprising Justices R. Banumathi and A.S. Bopanna said that it will also hear Chidambaram’s […]
Delhi: In an unusual move, former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram himself spoke in the CBI court and defended himself in the INX Media case. A seasoned lawyer himself, Chidambaram said no question by the investigating agency was left unanswered by him. He stated that no question was posed to him on the supposed illegal payment […]
New Delhi: A special CBI court on Thursday sent former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, who was arrested on Wednesday evening in the INX Media case, to CBI’s custody till August 26. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar announced the order after reserving it for some time following the hearing where Solicitor General Tushar Mehta appeared for […]
New Delhi: Former finance minister P Chidambaram asked for “helping” his son Karti’s business and make overseas remittances in lieu of granting FIPB approval to INX Media, Indrani Mukerjea had told investigators probing the money laundering and corruption case related to the media firm. Mukerjea recorded her statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act […]
New Delhi: Rubbishing claims of Enforcement Directorate (ED), Karti Chidambaram, who is also an accused in INX Media case along with his father P. Chidambaram, said he never met Peter or Indrani Mukherjea. Speaking to media at Jantar Mantar, Karti said, “I have never met Indrani Mukherjea. I have never met Peter mukherjea”. However, he […]
New Delhi: After a dramatic sequence of events through the evening that catapulted into the arrest of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram by the CBI, the senior Congress leader spent an almost sleepless night at the agency headquarters as he was quizzed on Thursday about his involvement in the money laundering and corruption related to […]
New Delhi: Former Union finance minister P Chidambaram spent a quiet night in the CBI guest house on the ground floor of the agency headquarters after his dramatic arrest from his posh residence in the INX media corruption case, officials said on Thursday. Chidambaram, 73, was kept in the suite 5 of the guest house, […]
New Delhi: Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram cannot leave the country. All airports, immigration desks have been put on high alert. The development came as a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice N. V. Ramana on Wednesday refused to grant interim relief from arrest to the former Finance Minister and referred the matter to Chief […]
New Delhi: The legal team of P Chidambaram has asked the CBI not to take any coercive action against the former Union finance minister as his petition is to be heard in the Supreme Court Wednesday morning. Hours after the Delhi High Court refused to grant any protection from arrest to Chidambaram in the INX […]
New Delhi: With senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram continuing to remain missing after the Delhi High Court refused to grant him protection from arrest in the INX Media case, the CBI late on Tuesday night pasted a notice on his gate asking him to appear before the investigation officer “within two […]
New Delhi: A special CBI Court on Thursday allowed former INX Media Director Indrani Mukerjea to turn approver in the INX media case involving former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and his son and MP Karti Chidambaram. CBI Judge Arun Bhardwaj allowed the application filed by Mukerjea to turn approver. The court also allowed the pardon […]