The ED had last year lodged the money laundering case in this regard
The Delhi HC had earlier asked the senior Congress leader to cooperate in the investigation as and when called by the CBI
In 2011, when the Central Bureau of Investigation's new headquarters was inaugurated, P Chidambaram as Union home minister was the most important person on the dais, after Manmohan Singh.On Wednesday, the Congress leader returned to the same building but had to disembark from his vehicle and wait at the reception to sign the register, as CBI protocol demands.The former finance minister was then questioned for five hours by agency officials, in connection with the alleged corruption in the INX Media case. CBI has said there appear to be irregularities in clearance of foreign investment in INX, a venture promoted by former media baron Peter Mukerjea and wife Indrani Mukerjea.Chidambaram is alleged to be involved in this; the irregularities, when he was finance minister, are alleged in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance of Rs 305 crore given to INX. A case was registered in this regard on May 15 last year. A senior CBI official didn't elaborate on what grounds the ...
P Chidambaram's alleged role has come under the scanner of investigating agencies in connection with the Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance of Rs 3.05 billion given to INX Media
The Delhi High Court has granted Chidambaram interim protection from arrest until July 3 in the case.
Delhi HC has granted Chidambaram interim protection from arrest until July 3 in the case
Chidambaram will today appear before CBI for questioning in connection with alleged irregularities in giving INX Media the clearance to receive foreign investment
Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram was also arrested in the case for allegedly receiving funds to the tune of Rs 1 million
Justice A K Pathak asked Chidambaram to join and cooperate in the questioning session as and when called by the CBI
However, the officials did not give any immediate reason but confirmed that he will not be coming today for questioning
Earlier, the SC granted interim protection to Karti from arrest by the ED in connection with the case
NX Media Ltd, which was owned by Mukerjea, had allegedly paid bribes to get a Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval which was facilitated by P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram
Special judge Sunil Rana allowed CBI's plea seeking five-day custody of Mukerjea after the probe agency claimed that he was required to be confronted with Karti and others in the case
Delhi High Court's Justice Indermeet Kaur recused herself from hearing Karti Chidambaram's bail plea in the INX Media corruption case
Even as it gave an interim relief to Karti Chidambaram, the Delhi High Court extended until March 22 the judicial custody of his chartered accountant, S Bhaskararaman
The court denied Karti's request for home food in the jail
The CBI said it had found "new incriminating documents" to prove that Karti Chidambaram got kickbacks to get foreign investment clearance
UPA-era finance ministry bureaucrats are reportedly in the Enforcement Directorate's dock over the alleged INX Media money-laundering case
Karti is accused of receiving kickbacks a decade back to clear foreign investment into INX Media group, using the influence of his father P Chidambaram
The probe agency today submitted before the court certain documents in a sealed cover related to the probe done in the case in last six days