A Delhi court today sought response from the CBI on a plea of former Union Minister P Chidambaram who accused the agency of leaking parts of the charge sheet in the Aircel-Maxis case, in which he is an accused, to the media "to sensationalise" the issue and "make mockery of judicial process".

Special Judge O P Saini took the application on record and issued notice to the agency, seeking its response by October 8. In his application, the Congress leader alleged that the CBI was not interested in a fair trial in the court of law and only wanted trial by the media. The application, moved by advocates P K Dubey and Arshdeep Singh, said that the cognizance of the charge sheet has not yet been taken by the court and the copies have not been supplied to any of the accused, including Chidambaram.