HC grants Chidambaram a month’s time to appear for cross-examination
Case pertains to his election from Sivaganga constituency in 2009
26/10/2019, LEGAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
The Madras High Court on Friday granted former Union Minister P. Chidambaram a month’s time to appear before it for cross-examination in a case pertaining to his election from Sivaganga Parliamentary constituency in 2009 by a margin of 3,354 votes.
The case has been pending in the court for the last 10 years.
Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana adjourned the case to November 22 after she was told by senior counsel R. Thyagarajan that his client was under incarceration in the INX Media case.
Although the Supreme Court had granted him bail in a case booked by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), he was yet to get relief in prosecution initiated by the Directorate of Enforcement.
When the judge wanted to know if it would be possible for him to appear for cross examination on November 18, the counsel said, he did not “want to take the risk of not being able to ensure his presence on that day.”
Ex-Minister’s choice
He was, however, confident that the “situation might improve” by November 22 and that the former minister would be able to get bail in the ED case too.
On his part, G. Saravana Kumar, counsel for the election petitioner R.S. Raja Kannapan who had contested in an AIADMK ticket and lost to Mr. Chidambaram in 2009, told the judge that he had only around 40 questions to be posed during cross examination and he would not be taking more than 90 minutes to do so.
Since the case had been pending for nearly a decade and also because there was a chance of her being deputed to the Madurai Bench of the High Court from December, Ms. Justice Sathyanarayana requested the counsel on both sides to expedite the trial proceedings so that a quietus could be given to the election petition at the earliest.
Case pertains to his election from Sivaganga constituency in 2009
26/10/2019, LEGAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
The Madras High Court on Friday granted former Union Minister P. Chidambaram a month’s time to appear before it for cross-examination in a case pertaining to his election from Sivaganga Parliamentary constituency in 2009 by a margin of 3,354 votes.
The case has been pending in the court for the last 10 years.
Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana adjourned the case to November 22 after she was told by senior counsel R. Thyagarajan that his client was under incarceration in the INX Media case.
Although the Supreme Court had granted him bail in a case booked by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), he was yet to get relief in prosecution initiated by the Directorate of Enforcement.
When the judge wanted to know if it would be possible for him to appear for cross examination on November 18, the counsel said, he did not “want to take the risk of not being able to ensure his presence on that day.”
Ex-Minister’s choice
He was, however, confident that the “situation might improve” by November 22 and that the former minister would be able to get bail in the ED case too.
On his part, G. Saravana Kumar, counsel for the election petitioner R.S. Raja Kannapan who had contested in an AIADMK ticket and lost to Mr. Chidambaram in 2009, told the judge that he had only around 40 questions to be posed during cross examination and he would not be taking more than 90 minutes to do so.
Since the case had been pending for nearly a decade and also because there was a chance of her being deputed to the Madurai Bench of the High Court from December, Ms. Justice Sathyanarayana requested the counsel on both sides to expedite the trial proceedings so that a quietus could be given to the election petition at the earliest.
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