The development comes after a special court here last month extended the interim protection from arrest for the father and son till May 6 in the Aircel-Maxis deal case.
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Earlier, while opposing the anticipatory bail plea, the CBI and the ED had asserted that custodial interrogation of Chidambaram was required in the case as he was evasive during questioning.
The CII had on Wednesday expressed concern over the country's job market amid growing challenges of making a generation employment-ready.
Earlier on February 7, Karti Chidambaram was questioned for about six hours by the ED in connection with a money-laundering probe against him in the INX Media case.
Former Union minister P Chidambaram, an accused in the Aircel-Maxis case on Tuesday alleged in a Delhi court that the Enforcement Directorate was sensationalising the case and damaging his reputation.
The CBI had on November 26 told the court that Centre had granted sanction to prosecute P Chidambaram. The case relates to alleged irregularities in grant of FIPB approval in Aircel-Maxis deal.
Chidambaram in May earlier this year had approached the trial court for protection from arrest in Aircel-Maxis case before approaching the Delhi High Court in connection with the INX Media case.
The decisions were taken following a marathon board meeting to discuss the liquidity crisis that triggered a tiff between the government and the central bank.
"By any account demonetisation was a catastrophe, an ingenious officially blessed money laundering exercise", Chidambaram said.
The Enforcement Directorate, which named the former minister as accused no. 1 in the charge sheet, has named eight other accused in the case including S Bhaskaraman and four Maxis companies.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: The senior Congress leader said that the Narendra Modi government was trying to undermine the success in delivering a better economic growth during the UPA 1 and 2 regime.
The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the Enforcement Directorate from taking any coercive action against Nalini Chidambaram, wife of former Union minister P Chidambaram, in a case related to Saradha chit fund scam
Delhi court granted two months time to the CBI for obtaining sanction from authorities concerned to prosecute certain accused in a case against former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection to former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case
Chidambaram has filed his anticipatory bail plea through advocates Pramod Kumar Dubey and Arshdeep Singh and requested the court to grant him protection from arrest from ED in the case.
Former Union minister P Chidambaram moved a Delhi court seeking anticipatory bail in the Aircel-Maxis case
Terming the decision "belated wisdom", he questioned why it was not taken earlier.
The case relates to the foreign investment clearance for the Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006, when P Chidambaram was Finance Minister in Manmohan Singh-led UPA government at the Centre.
The rupee fell to an all-time low of 69.10 against the US dollar by plunging 49 paise in early trade on Thursday.
