Chidambaram moves Delhi HC against INX media chargesheet cognisance

NEW DELHI: Former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday moved the Delhi high court contesting the trial court’s cognisance of money laundering charges against him in the INX media case and argued that the mandatory sanction to prosecute him wasn’t obtained.

Advocate N Hariharan appearing for the senior Congress leader argued that in 2021, when the trial court took cognisance of the charges under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) failed to secure the requisite sanction for prosecuting him in the case.