Setback For P Chidambaram In CBI Arrest Case\, Top Court Won\'t Hear Plea
Setback For P Chidambaram In CBI Arrest Case, Top Court Won't Hear Plea
P Chidambaram and his son Karti were named by INX Media co-founders Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, who are in jail in Mumbai for the murder of Indrani's daughter Sheena Bora
P Chidambaram case: The former Finance Minister, arrested by CBI, faces allegations of corruption
New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, arrested on Wednesday in a corruption investigation, suffered a series of setbacks in the Supreme Court today. His petition challenging his CBI custody was not listed for a hearing at the top court. A bench told Mr Chidambaram's lawyer Kapil Sibal that the petition would be listed only after "orders from Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi". The top court also refused to take up his petition requesting protection from arrest by the CBI - filed on Wednesday - saying it was "infructuous" now as he had since been arrested. The court is now hearing Mr Chidambaram's petition for protection from arrest by the Enforcement Directorate.