The Supreme Court on Friday asked the CBI to inform it about the status of probe against former Cabinet Minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis case.br br A bench led by Chief Justice H L Dattu sought the agency’s reply on October 16 after BJP leader Subramanium Swamy pleaded the bench to ask CBI for a response. br br Swamy told the bench that the chargesheet by the CBI in a trial court had indicted alleged involvement of Chidambaram regarding the clearance granted to the Aircel-Maxis deal and hence the agency should be asked to inform it about the progress in the probe.