Chidambaram moves SC for bail in INX Media PMLA case; ED in HC over 'inadvertent error' in verdict

Minutes after senior Congress leader P Chidambaram moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking bail in the INX Media money laundering case, the ED approached the Delhi High Court seeking rectification of an "inadvertent" error in the November 15 verdict denying him the relief.

Chidambaram approached the apex court challenging the judgement of the Delhi High Court denying him bail in the money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Later, the ED moved the high court with an application urging the court to correct the "accidental slip /inadvertent error" in its November 15 verdict passed by Justice Suresh Kait who had denied bail to the 74-year old former finance minister.

As per ED's application, Justice Kait had referred to four paragraphs from a 2017 Supreme Court order rejecting bail to Delhi-based lawyer Rohit Tandon in a money laundering case in his November 15 verdict.

Tandon, who was arrested in 2016, is an accused in the demonetisation-related money laundering case.

The ED said: "...it appears that the said factual portion of the (Tandon) judgment relied by the ED instead of being quoted or summarised as the part of the relied upon judgment, has been inadvertently/accidently referred to in the order dated November 15 as the factual submissions made by the ED."