P Chidambaram's wife gets interim relief from arrest in Saradha case
TNN | Updated: Feb 19, 2019, 05:23 IST
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Monday granted interim relief to advocate Nalini Chidambaram after she moved court last week with an anticipatory bail plea in the Saradha chit fund scam case.
The court told CBI she could not be arrested for six weeks until the matter comes up for hearing next. The order, however, is for CBI alone, and is not binding on other investigating agencies such as Enforcement Directorate.
The division bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Manajit Mandal ordered Chidambaram to submit her passport to CBI and not leave the country without court permission. It asked CBI counsel Chandreyi Alam to file an objection petition within four weeks, to which Chidambaram can reply within two weeks.
The court also asked her to respond to any summons issued by CBI seeking her appearance. Chidambaram's lawyers argued that in the fifth supplementary chargesheet, filed on January 4, 2016, CBI had named her as a lawyer of Manoranjana Sinh, who was implicated in the Saradha case, and had never mentioned her as an accused.
It was alleged that Chidambaram had accepted Rs 1.30 crore between 2010 and 2012 towards fees and other expenses incurred. In the sixth supplementary chargesheet, filed on January 12 this year, CBI mentioned her as an accused involved in money siphoning.
The court told CBI she could not be arrested for six weeks until the matter comes up for hearing next. The order, however, is for CBI alone, and is not binding on other investigating agencies such as Enforcement Directorate.
The division bench of Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Manajit Mandal ordered Chidambaram to submit her passport to CBI and not leave the country without court permission. It asked CBI counsel Chandreyi Alam to file an objection petition within four weeks, to which Chidambaram can reply within two weeks.
The court also asked her to respond to any summons issued by CBI seeking her appearance. Chidambaram's lawyers argued that in the fifth supplementary chargesheet, filed on January 4, 2016, CBI had named her as a lawyer of Manoranjana Sinh, who was implicated in the Saradha case, and had never mentioned her as an accused.
It was alleged that Chidambaram had accepted Rs 1.30 crore between 2010 and 2012 towards fees and other expenses incurred. In the sixth supplementary chargesheet, filed on January 12 this year, CBI mentioned her as an accused involved in money siphoning.
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