{"id":57289,"date":"2019-08-26T21:06:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=57289"},"modified":"2019-08-26T21:06:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T15:36:28","slug":"supreme-court-dismisses-chidambarams-plea-as-infructuous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-dismisses-chidambarams-plea-as-infructuous","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court dismisses Chidambaram&#8217;s plea as infructuous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by senior Congress leader P Chidambaram challenging the Delhi High Court&#8217;s order which denied him anticipatory bail in connection with the INX Media case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).<br \/>\nA Bench of Justice\u00a0R Banumathi &amp; Justice A S Bopanna said the petition has become infructuous as he was arrested on Aug 21.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/images.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"57290\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-dismisses-chidambarams-plea-as-infructuous\/images-22\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/images.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" 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=\"images\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/images.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/images.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-57290\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/images.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/images.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/images.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Top Court, however, asked him to move a regular bail plea before the appropriate court.<br \/>\nChidambaram had moved the Apex Court the same day the HC dismissed his anticipatory bail plea.<br \/>\nDuring the course of proceeding today, Kapil Sibal, senior counsel representing the Ex-Union finance minister, said that he had mentioned the matter for urgent listing on Aug\u00a021 but the court did not list it until Aug\u00a023.<br \/>\n&#8220;I have a fundamental right,. It is a matter of my liberty. I should have been heard by the Supreme Court,&#8221; the counsel contended.<br \/>\nSibal argued, &#8220;If the arrest had taken place &amp; I had filed it later, the petition against Delhi High Court would be infructuous. I have a right to be heard under the law.&#8221;<br \/>\nAfter the HC rejected Chidambaram&#8217;s pre-arrest bail on August 20, he was arrested &amp; sent to CBI&#8217;s custody by a trial court for four days, ending today.<br \/>\nOn Friday, he moved a petition in the Supreme court against the trial court&#8217;s orders &amp; issuance of non-bailable warrant against him.<br \/>\nOn Friday, the SC had granted P Chidambaram interim protection from arrest till today in connection with the money laundering case related to the scam which is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).<br \/>\nIn 2017, the CBI had registered an FIR alleging irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance given to INX Media to the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007 when Chidambaram was the Union finance minister.<br \/>\nFollowing the FIR filed by CBI, ED had filed a case of money laundering against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by senior Congress leader P Chidambaram challenging the Delhi High Court&#8217;s order which denied him anticipatory bail in connection with the INX Media case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). 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