Hearing resumes. Dr A M Singhvi arguing for Chidambaram.
Says gravity of offence cannot be the sole ground to deny bail in law.
27 Nov 2019 7:34 AM GMT
Bench rises for lunch. To reassemble at 2 PM.
27 Nov 2019 7:27 AM GMT
Sibal concludes. Dr AM Singhvi will resume after lunch.
27 Nov 2019 7:24 AM GMT
Sibal : The only argument they have is Karti was a beneficiary through a company that he allegedly owned and I am his fathe
27 Nov 2019 7:21 AM GMT
Sibal : If gravity of offence is enough to deny bail, and court accepts that, one could be incarcerated for life. One would never get bail.
27 Nov 2019 7:19 AM GMT
Sibal reading paras from HC judgement to show how it's been copied from ED's submissions
27 Nov 2019 7:16 AM GMT
Sibal on gravity of offence - The maximum punishment for the offence I've been charged with under PMLA is 7 yrs. Gravity of offence is to be seen in accordance to length of sentence, length that is ascertained after finding the accused guilty
27 Nov 2019 7:10 AM GMT
Sibal- An offence under PMLA requires there to be a predicate offence before proceeds of a crime. But no crime or offence has as yet been established. They say bribe of ₹10 lakh taken but ED says proceedings run into 1000s of crore
27 Nov 2019 6:58 AM GMT
Sibal : FIR is filed in a cognizable offence. In PMLA, there's no FIR, but an ECIR. In this case, CBI's FIR became ECIR
27 Nov 2019 6:56 AM GMT
Sibal for P Chidambaram : - If allegations are taken to be established then what's the point of a charge? Might as well convict me since the gravity of offence won't change