P Chidambaram has been granted anticipatory bail by the CBI court in the Aircel-Maxis case. The former Finance Minister has been given relief till June 5. Senior advocate and Congress leader Kabil Sibbal argued for fellow partyman and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the case. Earlier, Former Union Minister P Chidambaram has moved an anticipatory bail plea in Delhi's Patiala House Court in Aircel-Maxis case. Delhi's Patiala House Court had sought a reply of the Enforcement Directorate on the bail plea moved by P Chidambaram.

The Court has also given protection to the former Finance Minister from arrest till the next hearing.

The Aircel-Maxis deal is part of the wider 2G scam that engulfed the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a First Information Report (FIR) in 2011, while the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered an enforcement case investigation report (ECIR) in 2012, in connection with the Aircel-Maxis case.

On March 24, P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram, was granted an anticipatory bail by a Special Delhi Court, which had asked him to appear before the investigating officer whenever he is summoned.

Karti was arrested on February 28 at the Chennai airport on his return from the United Kingdom, for his alleged role in facilitating Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance for INX Media Ltd. and its directors, Peter and Indrani Mukerjea.

He allegedly took service charges for getting the FIPB clearance to INX Media for receiving funds from abroad worth Rs. 305 crore in 2007 when his father was the finance minister.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a First Information Report (FIR) in 2011, while the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered an enforcement case investigation report (ECIR) in 2012, in connection with the Aircel-Maxis case. (With Agency Inputs)

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