The Supreme Court today heard Former Union minister P Chidambaram's plea to get protection from arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the INX Media case. On Tuesday, Mr Chidambaram was granted a day's protection by the top court. The senior Congress leader is already in the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation, which arrested him last week. Mr Chidambaram's legal team had argued that the Enforcement Directorate case against him does not stand, since the particular law was not there when the alleged offence was committed. It also demanded that the Enforcement Directorate produce the transcript of their questioning session with the senior Congress leader, which, they say, is evidence that he was not being evasive.
Here are the LIVE updates on P Chidambaram's case in the Supreme Court:
Unfortunately today it's not a genuine investigation. It's a trial by media fed by leaks. My fanciful "global assets", which don't exist, is not the case under investigation as it's made out to be.
- Karti P Chidambaram (@KartiPC) August 28, 2019
- We have details from various banks across the world and it can't be made public
- There are specific rules that these details will be given to authorities in sealed cover and to show how sensitive the case is
- Once charge sheet is filed, the material in sealed cover will have to be given to the accused
- The details can't be given even to the adjudicating authorities
