Aircel-Maxis case: Chidambaram, Karti protected from arrest till May 30

The court, which had earlier granted them protection till May 6, extended this after senior advocate A M Singhvi, representing Chidambaram and Karti, filed a petition for the same.

• By: Express Web Desk
• New Delhi | May 6, 2019 11:15 AM IST
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Former Union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram. (File Photo)

A Delhi court Monday extended interim protection from arrest to Congress leader P Chidambaram and his son Karti till May 30 in connection with the Aircel-Maxis cases.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Information (CBI) are probing allegations of irregularities in granting Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval to a foreign firm when Chidambaram was Union finance minister in 2006.

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The court, which had earlier granted them protection till May 6, extended this after senior advocate A M Singhvi, representing Chidambaram and Karti, filed a petition for the same.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ED and CBI, had asked the court for additional time to complete the probe.

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