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INX Media case: SC bars ED from arresting Chidambaram till Monday

Sibal, appearing for former finance minister, claims Delhi HC judgement copied 'word-by-word' from note given ED

Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram after he was produced in a CBI court in the INX media case, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
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The former Union minister will be in the custody of CBI till Monday

Aashish Aryan New Delhi
The Supreme Court on Friday barred the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from arresting former Finance Minister P Chidambaram till Monday, when it will next hear the case. On August 26, the apex court will also hear Chidambaram’s plea against a lower court order remanding him to the custody of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the case related to alleged discrepancies in granting Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approvals to INX Media.

“Having heard the counsels for petitioner and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, we are of the view that the co-accused were granted bail in the ED case. Petitioner shall not