P Chidambaram Granted Bail In INX Media Case
- Oct 22, 2019,
- Updated Oct 22, 2019, 1:43 AM IST
New Delhi, October 22, 2019:
Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has finally been granted bail by the Supreme Court. He was in judicial custody since September 5.
The apex Court has said that the 74-year-old Congress leader will remain in the custody of Enforcement Directorate.
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The Supreme Court said that Chidambaram "can be released if he in not required in any other case". The apex Court directed that he will have to give a bond of Rs. 1 lakh.
P Chidambaram spent more than a month in the Tihar jail last week. He was released last week. A special court in Delhi had sent him to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate in the INX Media case.
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