Overview
- The Enforcement Directorate placed sanction orders obtained on February 10, 2026 before the Rouse Avenue Special Court on February 26 to expedite long‑pending trials.
- Proceedings have been delayed by court stays and procedural challenges, including a Delhi High Court order halting the Aircel‑Maxis trial against Chidambaram.
- In the Aircel‑Maxis matter, the ED alleges the 2006 FIPB approval should have gone to the CCEA and says Rs 1.16 crore flowed to Karti Chidambaram’s companies, an amount provisionally attached and later confirmed.
- In the INX Media case, the agency quantifies alleged proceeds of crime at about Rs 65.88 crore, with attachments of Rs 53.93 crore and Rs 11.04 crore already confirmed by the adjudicating authority.
- Chargesheets were filed in 2018 (Aircel‑Maxis) and 2020 (INX Media) and cognisance was taken in 2021, while P. Chidambaram and Karti Chidambaram have consistently denied wrongdoing and alleged political targeting.