This comes a day after the top court sent Chidambaram to further Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody till August 30 in INX Media case.

After a bad day for former Union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, the Supreme Court is set to hear his plea seeking protection from arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the INX Media case.

 This comes a day after the top court sent Chidambaram to further Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody till August 30, Friday. In a token relief for the Congress veteran, the apex court had restrained the Enforcement Directorate from arresting him till Tuesday. The matter is slated to come up in the top court around noon.

The CBI may seek permission from the court to conduct a lie-detector test on Chidambaram. The investigating agency may also seek permission to bring Chidambaram and Indrani Mukherjee face-to-face for questioning. According to sources, Chidambaram has not been giving clear answers to questions related to testimony made by Indrani.