Special CBI court says no change in circumstances, former union minister allowed pillow, chair
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, opposed the investigative agency's plea to extend his judicial custody
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who is lodged in Tihar Jail here on corruption charges, on Tuesday condemned the detention of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) and said no one in the valley was more devoted to the idea of a united India than the NC leader. "I have asked my family to tweet on my behalf the following: I condemn the detention of Shri Farooq Abdullah under PSA. There is no one in Kashmir more devoted to the idea of a united India of which J&K is an integral part than Shri Farooq Abdulla," Chidambaram said on Twitter. In another tweet, the former Union finance minister said the fight for freedom was a never-ending process as he cited examples of public movements across the world. "I have been reading news stories about protest movements across the world in Moscow, Hong Kong, France, Slovakia, Algeria, Myanmar, Romania and so on. "The cry is for freedom. As a young Slovakian said, 'The fight for ...
Chidambaram's counsel had contended that the ED's submission is mala fide and intended to make him suffer
Chidambaram, who will spend his 74th birthday on Monday in the prison, pleaded for bail in the corruption case in the high court
Chidambaram will be produced before the trial court in the case on September 19
Justice Suresh Kait issued a notice to the CBI on Chidambaram's bail plea in which he has claimed that it was the case of 'political vendetta'
The veteran Congress leader said people asked him why only he had been arrested, but he had no answer
Chidambaram was sent to 14-day judicial custody on Thursday in the INX Media corruption case
CBI and the ED are probing how Karti Chidambaram received clearance from FIPB when his father was the Union finance minister
The court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to the Chidambarams in the corruption case filed by CBI as well as in the money laundering matter lodged by the ED in relation to the Aircel-Maxis deal
Special CBI court allows Chidambaram separate jail cell, adequate security, medicine, and other needed amenities
The top court dismissed Chidambaram's plea challenging the Delhi High Court verdict denying him anticipatory bail in the case
Former union minister could have been sent to Tihar as CBI did not push for his custody on Tuesday
While posting the matter for hearing on Thursday, the bench said: "We are conscious that we should not usurp the jurisdiction of the concerned trial court"
Indian politics is caught in a vicious cycle of vendettas. BJP has taken it to a new level by weaponising CBI, ED, I-T, TV channels and social media
Apex court to pronounce verdict on September 5, extends protection to Chidambaram till then
The Enforcement Directorate told a bench of Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna that it cannot show the material collected during the probe to Chidambaram at this stage
Appearing for Chidambaram, senior advocate Kapil Sibal said the agency cannot place documents in the court randomly and 'behind the back' for seeking custody of the accused
Protection from arrest by ED to continue till Tuesday when the court takes up the matter again