Court extends protection from arrest to PC, Karti till Aug 9 in Aircel-Maxis deal
| Date :02-Aug-2019 |
NEW DELHI:
A DELHI court on Thursday extended till August 9 the interim protection from arrest to former Union Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in Aircel-Maxis cases filed by the CBI and the ED. Special Judge O P Saini extended the relief after the argument on anticipatory bail plea of the father-son duo remained inconclusive as both the agencies sought time to argue the matter further. During the hearing, Chidambaram told the court there was no ground for it to deny them anticipatory bail, opposed by the two central probe agencies. The cases relate to alleged irregularities in grant of Foreign Investment Promotion Board approval in the Aircel-Maxis deal.
Karti Chidambaram challenges ED notice to vacate Jor Bagh house
NEW DELHI:
KARTI Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, on Thursday challenged before the adjudicating authority, PMLA, the Enforcement Directorate’s notice to vacate his Jor Bagh residence here, which was earlier attached by the agency in the INX Media corruption case. The father-son duo is accused in the case. Karti approached the authority saying an appeal in this regard was already pending before appellate authority, PMLA and ED’s directions on Wednesday were a violation of law.
The eviction notice was served on Wednesday evening following an earlier order of the Adjudicating Authority, PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act), by which the attachment of the property was confirmed. The immovable property situated at 115-A block 172, Jor Bagh, New Delhi-3 was attached by the ED on October 10 last year. The attachment was later confirmed by the authority on March 29, following which the directions were given, the notice said.