Court notice to CBI after Chidambaram blames it for leaking chargesheet: Aircel-Maxis

New Delhi, Aug 28 A special court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and looked for an answer on an application recorded by Congress leader P Chidambaram affirming that the focal test office has spilled parts of the chargesheet in the Aircel-Maxis case to the media to sensationalize the issue and make a joke of the legal procedure.

The former union minister also expressed in his request that the "CBI isn't keen on a reasonable preliminary bringing about a total crime of equity".

The next hearing of the matter is scheduled for October 8.

The application was moved by Chidambaram's Advocate Arshdeep Singh and Advocate PK Dubey under the watchful eye of unique judge OP Saini, who is hearing the Aircel Mexis case.

Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram were named in the charge sheet recorded by the CBI in July.

The agency is conducting an investigation on how Chidambaram, who was accountable for the Finance service in 2006 under United Progressive Alliance (UPA) administration, conceded a Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) endorsement to an outside organization, when just the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is permitted to do as such.

The Congress leader came under the radar of the test office after Rs 3,500-crore Aircel-Maxis bargain and the INX Media case including Rs 305 crore were busted.