{"id":40119,"date":"2015-11-27T19:50:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T14:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40119"},"modified":"2015-11-28T02:51:32","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T21:21:32","slug":"telephone-exchange-case-sc-asks-maran-to-appear-before-cbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/telephone-exchange-case-sc-asks-maran-to-appear-before-cbi","title":{"rendered":"Telephone exchange case: SC asks Maran to appear before CBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38630\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Dayanidhi-Maran.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/maran-moves-supreme-court-against-madras-hcs-order-cancelling-his-bail\/dayanidhi-maran-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Dayanidhi-Maran.jpg?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"297,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dayanidhi Maran\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Dayanidhi-Maran.jpg?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Dayanidhi-Maran.jpg?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38630 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/Dayanidhi-Maran.jpg?resize=297%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Telephone exchange case: SC asks Maran to appear before CBI\" width=\"297\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Telephone exchange case: SC asks Maran to appear before CBI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today asked former Telecom MinisterDayanidhi Maran to appear before CBI for six days, starting November 30, for questioning in the telephone exchange case.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur, while extending the interim relief of protection against arrest to Maran, asked him to cooperate and answer the questions posed by CBI.<\/p>\n<p>Maran will have to remain present in the CBI office from 11 a.m to 5 p.m during November 30 to December 5 period, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The court also asked CBI to come before it if the former minister evades the questions and doesn&#8217;t cooperate during the probe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, we will not grant you custodial interrogation at the moment,&#8221; the bench told CBI.<\/p>\n<p>DMK leader Maran had approached the apex court after the Madras High Court cancelled his interim anticipatory bail and directed him to surrender before CBI.<\/p>\n<p>CBI had registered an FIR against Maran and others alleging that over 300 high-speed telephone lines were provided at his residence in Chennai and extended to his brother Kalanithi Maran&#8217;s SUN TV channel to enable its uplinking when Dayanidhi was Telecom Minister from 2004-07.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today asked former Telecom MinisterDayanidhi Maran to appear before CBI for six days, starting November 30, for questioning in the telephone exchange case. 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