INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Karti Chidambaram has been granted interim protection from arrest till May 2.
A Delhi court today granted Karti Chidambaram interim protection from arrest till
May 2 in two cases filed by the CBI and ED in the Aircel-Maxis matter arising out of the 2G spectrum cases.Special Judge O P Saini granted
relief to the son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram after the counsel for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sought time to argue on
Karti Chidambaram's application seeking anticipatory bail.The submission was supported by the CBI counsel who requested the court to put up
The court had on March 24 granted interim relief to Karti Chidambaram till today after considering that both the investigative agencies had
sought time to file their responses on his anticipatory bail plea.Karti Chidambaram had filed a plea seeking protection from arrest in the
Aircel-Maxis matter, in which the CBI and the ED lodged cases in 2011 and 2012, respectively.The matter pertains to grant of Foreign
Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance to firm M/S Global Communication Holding Services Ltd for investment in Aircel.In September,
2015, the CBI had filed its status report regarding a probe into the FIPB approvals in the case
The agency had in June, 2016 also issued notice to A Palaniappan, director of Chess Management Services, a company promoted by Karti
