Chidambaram likely to face court hearing today in INX media case

A Delhi court is likely to decide on hearing the money laundering case on Friday against Congress leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram in connection with the INX media scam. The matter was earlier adjourned till July 9 by the Rouse Avenue district court in view of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, as the court was only hearing ‘urgent’ matters.

The case relates to irregularities in a Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted to the INX Media group for receiving overseas funds to the tune of ₹305 crore in 2007, at a time when P Chidambaram served as the Union minister of finance in the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre.