The Kerala High Court on August 11 adjourned to August 17 the hearing on a writ petition filed by former Finance Minister T. M. Thomas Isaac challenging the summons asking him to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to explain his role in the issue of Masala bonds by the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB)
When Justice V. G. Arun adjourned the hearing, counsel for ED undertook that Mr. Isaac need not appear before the ED till August 17. The court orally made it clear that it did not want to record the undertaking, but it would be there.
When the case was taken up for hearing, the court asked the counsel for ED why Mr. Isaac had been asked to produce certain personal details at the preliminary stage of the inquiry. He had the right to privacy. It could not be breached in the first instance.
