SC hearing today on Chidambaram’s plea
Cong. leader questions denial of bail
23/08/2019, LEGAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI
A Supreme Court Bench of Justices R. Banumathi and A.S. Bopanna is scheduled on Friday to hear the dual special leave petitions (SLPs) filed by former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram challenging a Delhi High Court decision to deny him anticipatory bail in the INX Media case.
The hearing will come a day after a Delhi court sent Mr. Chidambaram to five-day CBI custody till August 26. The two SLPs have been filed against the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate, which are investigating angles of money-laundering and corruption in the case.
A plea for protection against arrest has become infructuous, at least in the CBI case, following his August 21 arrest. However, his second plea for protection from arrest in the ED case is still alive as he has not been formally arrested by the ED.
In the SLPs, Mr. Chidambaram has questioned how a court of law could have denied bail to a person who is not named in the FIR, always cooperated with the probe and has impeccable credentials. Can a person be denied bail merely on the word of an investigating agency that he gave “evasive” replies to questions, he asked. He said refusal of bail and denial of liberty merely on the CBI’s plea that custodial interrogation would be necessary was “alarming and specious”.
Cong. leader questions denial of bail
23/08/2019, LEGAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI
A Supreme Court Bench of Justices R. Banumathi and A.S. Bopanna is scheduled on Friday to hear the dual special leave petitions (SLPs) filed by former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram challenging a Delhi High Court decision to deny him anticipatory bail in the INX Media case.
The hearing will come a day after a Delhi court sent Mr. Chidambaram to five-day CBI custody till August 26. The two SLPs have been filed against the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate, which are investigating angles of money-laundering and corruption in the case.
A plea for protection against arrest has become infructuous, at least in the CBI case, following his August 21 arrest. However, his second plea for protection from arrest in the ED case is still alive as he has not been formally arrested by the ED.
In the SLPs, Mr. Chidambaram has questioned how a court of law could have denied bail to a person who is not named in the FIR, always cooperated with the probe and has impeccable credentials. Can a person be denied bail merely on the word of an investigating agency that he gave “evasive” replies to questions, he asked. He said refusal of bail and denial of liberty merely on the CBI’s plea that custodial interrogation would be necessary was “alarming and specious”.
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