Supreme Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail to Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram

New Delhi, September 5, 2019:

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused anticipatory bail to former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in connection to the INX Media case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The apex court also added that P Chidambaram would not be shown all the materials collected by ED as of now. The agency also need not produce the transcripts of the senior Congress leader’s questioning in court.

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Calling economic offenses “serious”, the SC said anticipatory bail had to be an exception in such cases.

The Supreme Court added, “The right to anticipatory bail can't be a subject matter of fundamental right under Article 32.”

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