Aircel Maxis ghotala and role of PC -- SC seeks status of CBI probe

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the CBI to inform it about the status of probe against former Cabinet Minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis case.

A bench led by Chief Justice H L Dattu sought the agency’s reply on October 16 after BJP leader Subramanium Swamy pleaded the bench to ask CBI for a response.

Swamy told the bench that the chargesheet by the CBI in a trial court had indicted alleged involvement of Chidambaram regarding the clearance granted to the Aircel-Maxis deal and hence the agency should be asked to inform it about the progress in the probe.

The court also adjourned to October 16 the matter regarding the contentious visitors’ logbook at CBI director Ranjit Sinha’s Delhi residence to enable special prosecutor in the 2G case to complete his written submissions. The logbook purportedly showed frequent visits by accused in Coal and 2G scam cases among others.