Chidambaram gets SC relief in ED case
24/08/2019
However, the petitions failed to get listed on August 21 for hearing in the apex court. Mr. Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI from his Jor Bagh residence the same evening. He is on a five-day remand till August 26 with the CBI.
On Friday, the Bench led by Justice Banumathi deferred hearing Mr. Chidambaram’s appeal against the CBI to August 26 — the date on which his remand ends. The ED appeal was also listed along with the CBI one.
The apex court indicated that it would, on Monday, comprehensively hear arguments both on the legality of the Delhi High Court’s refusal to grant anticipatory bail and the circumstances leading to the arrest on August 21. At the outset of the hearing, Mr. Mehta said Mr. Chidambaram was already under arrest and there was no question of granting any anticipatory bail now.
Picking on this very point, senior advocate Kapil Sibal explained the events leading to Mr. Chidambaram’s arrest.
He said his client, despite repeated attempts, could not get his appeals listed in the Supreme Court. “I moved the Supreme Court on time. I had intimated the CBI. I did not get a chance to be heard by the Supreme Court... I have a right to be heard. All I wanted was to be heard that day...” Mr. Sibal submitted.
He said his client did not attempt to “run away”. He had appeared in public and given a statement to the press after the court did not list his appeals.
“I reached home as I had not slept the whole night. I was arrested from there... Now they are saying ‘we have arrested you, you cannot be heard’. My right to life, liberty and dignity under Article 21 cannot be cut down like this,” Mr. Sibal argued.
He alleged that the High Court judgment was a “cut and paste” job of a note handed over by Mr. Mehta after the conclusion of arguments in the anticipatory bail and after the judgment was reserved.
Mr. Mehta objected strongly, accusing Mr. Sibal of making false statements in court.
24/08/2019
However, the petitions failed to get listed on August 21 for hearing in the apex court. Mr. Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI from his Jor Bagh residence the same evening. He is on a five-day remand till August 26 with the CBI.
On Friday, the Bench led by Justice Banumathi deferred hearing Mr. Chidambaram’s appeal against the CBI to August 26 — the date on which his remand ends. The ED appeal was also listed along with the CBI one.
The apex court indicated that it would, on Monday, comprehensively hear arguments both on the legality of the Delhi High Court’s refusal to grant anticipatory bail and the circumstances leading to the arrest on August 21. At the outset of the hearing, Mr. Mehta said Mr. Chidambaram was already under arrest and there was no question of granting any anticipatory bail now.
Picking on this very point, senior advocate Kapil Sibal explained the events leading to Mr. Chidambaram’s arrest.
He said his client, despite repeated attempts, could not get his appeals listed in the Supreme Court. “I moved the Supreme Court on time. I had intimated the CBI. I did not get a chance to be heard by the Supreme Court... I have a right to be heard. All I wanted was to be heard that day...” Mr. Sibal submitted.
He said his client did not attempt to “run away”. He had appeared in public and given a statement to the press after the court did not list his appeals.
“I reached home as I had not slept the whole night. I was arrested from there... Now they are saying ‘we have arrested you, you cannot be heard’. My right to life, liberty and dignity under Article 21 cannot be cut down like this,” Mr. Sibal argued.
He alleged that the High Court judgment was a “cut and paste” job of a note handed over by Mr. Mehta after the conclusion of arguments in the anticipatory bail and after the judgment was reserved.
Mr. Mehta objected strongly, accusing Mr. Sibal of making false statements in court.
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