On the 25th of March, Friday, the Delhi High Court (HC) issued a notice to former Union Minister P. Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram in the INX Money Media case.
The agency claims irregularities in the clearance of foreign investments at a media company. The company was a venture promoted by Peter Mukerjea and his wife Indrani. The two are being investigated for the murder of their daughter Sheena Bora. The CBI has been investigating the clearance of Rs. 305 crores to INX Media by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) since 2015.
The notice was issued after a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against an earlier trial court order which permitted them to access copies of unrelied documents related to the INX money laundering case. The notice was issued by Delhi HC Judge Yogesh Khanna and announced the matter to be heard on the 20th of April.
It is to be noted, on the 25th of January 2020, a Special Judge of Rouse Avenue Courts passed an order allowing Chidambarams to check the copies of all the related documents from ‘Malkhana’ — the room to store case-related materials in court. However, in November 2021, the Delhi High Court, rejected the Central Bureau of Investigation challenging the trial court order of allowing access to Mr. Chidambaram to check copies.
Later, on the 14th of March, the Delhi High Court’s Justice Chandra Dhari Singh had recused himself from hearing the ED’s plea challenging an order that allowed accused persons in INX Media Pvt Ltd, including Chidambarams, to inspect the documents seized during the investigation. In another case related to Chidambarams, on the 23rd of March, a Delhi Court had granted them regular bail in a case alleging irregularities in the grant of Foreign Investment Promotion Board approval in the Aircel-Maxis deal, filed against them by the CBI and the ED.
Now, on the 25th of March, the Delhi Court issued a notice and asked to appear for the next hearing, scheduled on the 20th of April.
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