Supreme Court Orders Karti Chidambaram to Deposit Rs 10 Crore If He Wants to Travel Abroad, Says ‘Don’t Play Around Law’
The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down hard on senior Congress leader P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram, over his plea seeking permission to travel abroad.
New Delhi, January 30: The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down hard on senior Congress leader P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram, over his plea seeking permission to travel abroad. The apex court, while directing him to appear for questioning in Aircel-Maxis deal and INX Media case, asked him to deposit Rs 10 crore if he wanted to go abroad. The court also directed him to "not play around the law." INX Media Case: ED Attaches Rs 54 Crore of Karti Chidambaram’s Properties in India and Abroad.
"You can go wherever you want to, you can do whatever you want, but don't play around the law. If there is an iota of non-cooperation, we will come down heavily,” Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi told Karti today. ED Files Chargesheet in Aircel-Maxis Case, Names Karti Chidambaram Among Others.
The apex court has directed Karti Chidambaram to appear before the Enforcement Directorate for interrogation with respect to his role in the Aircel-Maxis deal and INX Media case on March 5, 6, 7 and 12.
Karti had sought the court’s nod to travel to France, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom for the next few months for international tennis tournaments organised by ‘Totus Tennis Ltd’. The apex court had earlier made it clear that if Karti evades the probe agency then it may not permit him to travel for international tennis tournaments organised by the UK-based company.
“No tennis for him if he evades,” said a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna. The plea has said that Karti is associated with tennis as a “former player, current administrator and entrepreneur”.
Karti is facing criminal cases which are being probed by the ED and the CBI. One of the cases relates to the FIPB clearance to INX Media for receiving foreign funds of Rs 305 crore when his father was the finance minister.
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