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The court, which extended the protection of arrest to Chidambaram and his son Karti until December 18, also granted the agency three weeks to obtain punishment against others. accused in this case.
Special Judge OP Saini announced the next court date on December 18th.
There are 18 accused in this case. In addition to Chidambaram, a sanction is required for the prosecution of five officials.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued on behalf of the IWC that "the competent central government authority had authorized the prosecution of the accused P Chidambaram under sections 197 of the CrPC and 19 of the the law on the prevention of corruption ".
"Sanctions (5) against other indicted officials are still expected," he said, asking for two more weeks to get the green light.
The IWC has stated that the court's refusal to grant more time to obtain punishment for another accused "in a case involving such a serious offense could be an obstacle to the cause of justice" .
In addition, he stated: "In view of the above facts and circumstances, we ask with the utmost humility and with the utmost dignity that the sanction of the charge received from the competent authority the central government with respect to the accused P Chidambaram may be recorded in the record, and additional time may be allowed to take legal action against the remaining indicted officials. "
On behalf of the Enforcement Branch in a related money-laundering case, Mehta orally told the court that the accused had "induced the agency to mistake and made a false statement.He removed information on bank accounts of other countries and the money received from various sources. "
"A security interrogation is necessary because new documents have appeared after the filing of the indictment," said ED, also represented by special prosecutors, NK Matta and Nitesh Rana.
The chief defender Kapil Sibal, who was appearing for Chidambaram, asked the court to extend the protection of the former Union minister, as well as his son and co-accused Karti in both CBI and ED.
The father-son couple recently denied both agencies' allegations that they were evasive and uncooperative in the investigation, and stated that the allegations against them were "unfounded" and that their interrogation of guard was not necessary. .
The observations were presented in their reply, filed by the complainants P. Dubey and Arshdeep Singh, in response to the replies provided by the investigating agencies.
In their responses to the bail applications of Chidambarams, the CBI and the DE alleged that they were not cooperating with investigations.
P. Chidambaram filed his early bail application in May this year. His protection from arrest has been extended from time to time.
The agencies requested that the two accused be interrogated while in detention, saying that they were not cooperating and that it was therefore difficult to complete the investigation within the time limits set by the Supreme Court.
The congressional leader and his son were examined by investigative agencies as part of the Aircel-Maxis operation and the INX Media case involving Rs 305 crore.
In the statement of accusation previously filed in the case against former Minister of Telecommunications Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and others, the CBI alleged that P Chidambaram had approved, in March 2006, the FIPB (Council for the Promotion of Foreign Investment) from Global Communication Services, based in Mauritius Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Maxis.
The two Maran brothers and the other defendants named in the CBI indictment were acquitted by the special court, which stated that the agency had produced no evidence to against them for the continuation of the trial.
The ED also investigates a separate money laundering case in the Aircel-Maxis case, in which P Chidambaram and Karti were interviewed by the agency and their surety bond anticipated is pending.
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