The special court has issued a new summons to the Malaysian telecom company Maxis and its former director Augstus Ralph Marshal at the CBI request regarding the FIPB approval given to its assistant for the acquisition of Aircel in 2006 during the tenure of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram. He said that the agency had also requested the Malaysian company Astro All Asia Network to issue summons in relation to the case, which has been approved by the special court. He said that the CBI has sought three months time from the court to serve summons in Malaysia.
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The investigating agency filed its first charge sheet against former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and some others on August 29, 2014, after which the special court issued summons several times to the accused in Malaysia, but despite the efforts of the Indian High Commission and Ministry of Home Affairs, they were not served. In 2015, Senior Public Prosecutor (SSP) KK Goel told the Special CBI judge that the Ministry of High Commission and Home Affairs had tried to serve three times.
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The investigating agency filed its first charge sheet against former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and some others on August 29, 2014. However, on February 2, 2017, he was freed by a special court. The CBI has challenged it in Delhi High Court. The agency filed another charge sheet against Chidambaram and others on July 19, 2018, which is still before the special court. Chidambaram has avoided making public comments on the issue.