NEW DELHI: Karti Chidambaram were given a measure of reprieve today after the Delhi high courtroom (HC) granted him relief until March 20 within the event of being arrested by means of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) ) within the INX Media cash laundering case.
Karti, who was once arrested last week by means of the CBI, is in its custody as per an order by means of a tribulation courtroom. He fears that after CBI custody ends on March 9, the ED will swoop in to arrest him. As per today's Delhi HC order, if a tribulation courtroom grants bail to Karti within the CBI case, the ED cannot arrest him until the next date of listening to, which is March 20.
Chidambaram, a son of senior Congress leader and previous finance minister P. Chidambaram, had moved the Delhi HC the day before today pleading that the ED’s summons be quashed. He made the plea after the Supreme Court allowed him to withdraw his petition there challenging the issuance of summons by means of the ED within the Delhi high courtroom instead.
Karti is being investigated for allegedly receiving cash to facilitate Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance for INX Media in 2007 when his father was once the finance minister within the UPA executive.
Senior recommend Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, showing for Karti , decided to withdraw the plea from the apex courtroom in opposition to the ED after Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta adversarial the plea for period in-between coverage from arrest as it could set a unsuitable precedent since 50 similar pleas involving "ordinary criminals" are pending sooner than the courtroom.
Both Sibal and Singhvi informed the courtroom that they had been apprehending that Karti Chidambaram could be picked up by means of the ED after free up from the CBI custody.
They stated subject pertains to the same transaction and the CBI has already fully investigated Karti.
Karti, who was once arrested last week by means of the CBI, is in its custody as per an order by means of a tribulation courtroom. He fears that after CBI custody ends on March 9, the ED will swoop in to arrest him. As per today's Delhi HC order, if a tribulation courtroom grants bail to Karti within the CBI case, the ED cannot arrest him until the next date of listening to, which is March 20.
Chidambaram, a son of senior Congress leader and previous finance minister P. Chidambaram, had moved the Delhi HC the day before today pleading that the ED’s summons be quashed. He made the plea after the Supreme Court allowed him to withdraw his petition there challenging the issuance of summons by means of the ED within the Delhi high courtroom instead.
Karti is being investigated for allegedly receiving cash to facilitate Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance for INX Media in 2007 when his father was once the finance minister within the UPA executive.
Senior recommend Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, showing for Karti , decided to withdraw the plea from the apex courtroom in opposition to the ED after Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta adversarial the plea for period in-between coverage from arrest as it could set a unsuitable precedent since 50 similar pleas involving "ordinary criminals" are pending sooner than the courtroom.
Both Sibal and Singhvi informed the courtroom that they had been apprehending that Karti Chidambaram could be picked up by means of the ED after free up from the CBI custody.
They stated subject pertains to the same transaction and the CBI has already fully investigated Karti.
Reprieve for Karti Chidambaram: Delhi high court grants him interim relief from ED arrest
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