Aircel-Maxis case: Interim bail for PC

New Delhi, July 23

A court here on Monday granted protection from arrest till August 7 to former Union Minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis case filed by the CBI.

The court granted three weeks to the investigating agency to file a detailed reply to Chidambaram’s application and directed the agency not to take any coercive action against him till that time.

The ex-minister told the court that he had apprehensions that the CBI might arrest him in the case. “Nothing is preventing them (CBI) from arresting me (Chidambaram) in the case. I am apprehending arrest in the current matter. They can arrest me as a matter of law. I am made an accused for nothing,” Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, said.

Karti can travel abroad: SC

The SC allowed Karti Chidambaram to visit the UK, France and the US from July 23 to 31, making it clear that he has to abide by the conditions imposed by it in an earlier similar order . — PTI