According to report the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had approached the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order giving relief to Karti Chidambaram till March 20 from arrest in the INX Media money laundering case. Meanwhile the ED mentioned the case challenging the order before a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, who agreed to hear it on March 15.
Meanwhile in an interim relief to Karti Chidambaram, 46, son of Congress leader P. Chidambaram, the High Court on March 9 had asked the ED not to take "any coercive action" against him till the next hearing of the case slated for March 20. Further the ED told the apex court that Karti should not have been given protection from arrest as it will become a legal device for accused persons like Nirav Modi to get relief even before they are questioned or investigated by the probe agency.
Earlier on March 8, the top court had asked Karti
to approach the high court seeking quashing of summons issued by the ED and
furthermore the high court directed him to cooperate in the investigation,
appear before the ED whenever required and submit his passport. Moreover on
Monday, the trial court had sent him to judicial custody till March 24 after
the CBI said that further custody was not required.
