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Updated August 21st, 2019 at 17:15 IST

Chidambaram desperately seeks protection from arrest: LIVE Updates

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram's bail plea in INX media case was rejected by Delhi HC on Tuesday. As CBI has begun searching for him, the leader's counsel challenged the court's order in the SC.

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Former Union Minister P Chidambaram was denied anticipatory bail by the Delhi High Court in the INX Media Case on Tuesday. The senior Congress leader had approached the Court with an anticipatory bail application in the corruption and money laundering case. 

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As Chidambaram's counsel appealed to the Supreme Court for interim relief from arrest for the former finance minister, the registrar listed the case to be heard on Friday.

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The CBI on late Tuesday night issued a summon to senior Congress leader P Chidambaram to meet the probe agency within two hours of issuance of the notice. This development came shortly after a team of CBI arrived at the Delhi residence of Chidambaram as a part of the probe in the INX Media case. The notice has been pasted outside the residence of P Chidambaram by the probe agency. 

"You are hearby directed to attend before me within two hours of the receipt of the notice for the purpose of the investigation of INX Media case," the investigation officer wrote in the notice addressed to P Chidambaram.

 

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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, who is facing threat of arrest in the INX Media case, on Wednesday failed to get any immediate relief from a Supreme Court bench which said his petition will be put before the Chief Justice of India for considering urgent listing.

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Chidambaram's petition seeking protection from arrest was mentioned before a bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, M Shantanagoudar and Ajay Rastogi who said the case will be put before CJI Ranjan Gogoi. The CJI then sent the case to the registrar who will now decide the bench for the hearing of his plea challenging the  Delhi High Court's order and seeking interim relief from arrest.
 

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As Republic accessed the plea by Chidambaram, Khurshid said that SC is the last resort. However, the CJI referred the case to the registrar who will decide the bench for hearing: 

 

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Chidambaram's legal eagle Salman Khurshid reached the Supreme Court where the Registrar is to decide on the bench that will take up Chidambaram's plea seeking interim protection from arrest

 

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Here is the caveat plea filed by the CBI over the plea of Chidambaram seeking interim relief from the arrest after Delhi High Court rejected his anticipatory bail plea in INX media case on Tuesday: 

 

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Rahul Gandhi's first response over P Chidambaram's INX media case after Delhi HC rejected his anticipatory bail plea. 

 

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P Chidambaram's petition seeking interim relief from the arrest by the ED and the CBI after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by the Supreme Court on Tuesday has defects

 

Published August 21st, 2019 at 11:43 IST

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