INX Media case: HC seeks CBI’s response on Chidambaram’s bail plea

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the CBI’s response on a plea of former finance minister P Chidambaram, lodged in Tihar Jail in the INX Media corruption case, seeking bail in the matter.

Justice Suresh Kait issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Chidambaram’s bail plea in which he has claimed that it was the case of “political vendetta”.

The court asked the CBI to file its status report within seven days on the petition.

The 73-year old-Congress leader also withdrew from the high court his plea challenging the trial court’s order remanding him to judicial custody till September 19, after the court asked why Chidambaram has filed two separate petitions.