New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: A CBI court on Thursday extended Chidambaram’s judicial custody till October 3. The order came after the CBI sought an extension of the veteran Congress leader's judicial remand. Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar also allowed the medical examination of Chidambaram.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, opposed the investigative agency's plea to extend his judicial custody.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for CBI, sought an extension of the judicial custody and said there has been no change of circumstance from the day he was first sent to jail.
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Sibal moved an application on behalf of Chidambaram seeking regular medical checkups and an adequate supplementary diet during judicial custody in Tihar Jail.
He said that the 73-year old Congress leader is suffering from various ailments and has lost weight during the custody, to which he was sent on September 5.
The court also allowed the Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister to meet his family.
Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI in connection with the INX Media case on August 21, a day after the Delhi High Court denied his anticipatory bail plea. Both the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had sought his arrest in the case.
After his arrest by the CBI on August 21, he was sent to 15-day CBI custody, ordered by the special court in five spells.
The CBI had registered an FIR on May 15, 2017, alleging irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted to the INX Media group for receiving overseas funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007 during Chidambaram's tenure as the finance minister.
Thereafter, the Enforcement Directorate lodged a money laundering case in this regard in 2017.