INX case: Delhi HC directs AIIMS director to constitute medical board on Chidambaram’s condition

The Delhi High Court directed the AIIMS director to constitute a medical board on Thursday itself to give opinion on the health of former finance minister P Chidambaram, who is suffering from Crohn’s disease and is currently lodged in Tihar jail in the INX Media money laundering case.

The high court said that the Hyderabad-based gastroenterologist Nageshwar Reddy, who has been treating the 74-year old Congress leader, be included in the board to give his opinion on Chidambaram’s medical condition.

Chidambaram has sought interim bail in the case, filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), on medical grounds saying his condition is deteriorating and he needs to be in a sterile environment.

Justice Suresh Kait directed that the board will sit Thursday to discuss Chidambaram’s medical condition and place the report before the court which will hear the matter on Friday.