INX Media case: Delhi HC dismisses CBI’s plea challenging trial court order permitting accused to inspect documents

Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld a trial court order permitting the accused, including Congress leader P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram, in the INX Media case to inspect the case documents lying in the CBI ‘malkhana’. Justice Mukta Gupta dismissed the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) petition against a trial court order.

Opposing the inspection, CBI had argued that it has not relied on those documents in the trial and that the court cannot assist the accused in search of a plausible defence.