The trial court on November 27, 2021, took cognisance of the chargesheets filed by the CBI and the ED against Chidambaram and Karti in the Aircel-Maxis case
The probe agencies say the approval was granted in 2006 when P. Chidambaram was the Union Finance Minister
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday informed the special Court that no response has yet been received from the concerned authorities of the United Kingdom (UK) and Singapore
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The case relates to alleged irregularities in the grant of Foreign Investment Promotion Board approval in the Aircel-Maxis deal.
Although, sufficient time has passed since filing of Charge sheet in CBI, but in view of the aforesaid request, the matter stands adjourned
The court had on January 28 'revived' the Aircel-Maxis cases filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate against Chidambaram and his son
Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar granted the relief to Karti while asking him to share his itinerary with the investigation agencies
The ED told District Judge that active investigation into the matter was going on, while CBI informed that letters rogatory had been sent to Malaysia and the status was awaited
The ED said that the grant of bail to him by the court would go against its zero-tolerance policy against corruption and set a wrong precedent for corruption cases.
The father-son duo made submissions during hearing of their anticipatory bail applications in the cases by both the agencies in the matter before special judge O P Saini
Aircel-Maxis deal refers to a series of allegations of kickbacks in the telecom sector, which was part of the wider 2G scam that engulfed the UPA regime
The ED is probing alleged irregularities in the INX Media and Aircel-Maxis cases
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked Karti to serve the copy of the petition to the CBI counsel
Case pertains to FIPB nod in 2006 by then finance minister P Chidambaram; similar searches were conducted in December 2017, on Karti's relatives, others
Special Judge O P Saini extended the relief, which was to end today, saying the court was not available for arguments
The Chidambarams have come under the scanner of investigating agencies in the Rs 3,500-crore Aircel-Maxis deal and the INX Media case involving Rs 305 crore
Justice N V Ramana told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, that the case will be put before CJI Ranjan Gogoi
The Delhi court said the magnitude of charges were not that great as both Chidambarams were accused of laundering a 'paltry sum' of Rs 1.13 crore
Judge Kuhar is currently presiding over the special court to try lawmakers in the national capital