Karti Chidambaram arrested by CBI in INX Media case
New Delhi:
Karti Chidambaram's apprehension in the Supreme Court last week that he will be arrested on his return from London turned out to be true, with the Central Bureau of Investigation taking him into custody in connection with INX Media case as soon as he landed at the Chennai airport on Wednesday.
Karti, son of former union minister P Chidambaram, had vehemently pleaded in the top court for staying or postponing the Enforcement Directorate's summon issued against him for his appearance on March 1, in connection with the money laundering case of INX Media, even as the CBI had said he was "not a common criminal".
During the hearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra on February 23, Karti's counsel Kapil Sibal had perhaps realised the intention of the investigating agencies and wondered whether the CBI was planning to arrest his client. "So, are you planning to arrest him," Mr Sibal had asked the agencies.
CBI's counsel Tushar Mehta had then shot back, "I am not saying that he will be arrested" but the call has to be taken by the investigating agency.
Mr Mehta, an Additional Solicitor General, had also opposed Karti when during the hearing of the CBI case; he had sought a stay or postponement of the summons issued to him in the ED case.
The Supreme Court was hearing the pleas of both CBI and Karti against the Madras High Court order of August 22, 2017, by which it had refrained itself from going into the merit of dismissing the FIR lodged in the INX Media case but rejecting the investigating agency's ground of maintainability due to lack of territorial jurisdiction.
The Madras High Court had, however, held that it was inclined to adopt the 'doctrine of forum of convenience' so that the parties could move the convenient court. It directed the court registry to return all the papers in the case to Karti, to enable him approach the Delhi High Court, which has superintendence powers in the matter.
The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Amitava Roy (since retired) and D Y Chandrachud had on February 23, adjourned the matter to March 6, while noting the submissions of Mr Sibal and senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for Karti, that they intended to seek time from the competent authority to appear before it.
The court had, however, made it clear that it has not dealt with the issue of maintainability of the applications moved by Karti against the ED's summon.
Karti was allowed to travel to United Kingdom and France by Madras High Court on February 16, in connection with his business activities in those countries.
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Karti, son of former union minister P Chidambaram, had vehemently pleaded in the top court for staying or postponing the Enforcement Directorate's summon issued against him for his appearance on March 1, in connection with the money laundering case of INX Media, even as the CBI had said he was "not a common criminal".
During the hearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra on February 23, Karti's counsel Kapil Sibal had perhaps realised the intention of the investigating agencies and wondered whether the CBI was planning to arrest his client. "So, are you planning to arrest him," Mr Sibal had asked the agencies.
CBI's counsel Tushar Mehta had then shot back, "I am not saying that he will be arrested" but the call has to be taken by the investigating agency.
Mr Mehta, an Additional Solicitor General, had also opposed Karti when during the hearing of the CBI case; he had sought a stay or postponement of the summons issued to him in the ED case.
The Supreme Court was hearing the pleas of both CBI and Karti against the Madras High Court order of August 22, 2017, by which it had refrained itself from going into the merit of dismissing the FIR lodged in the INX Media case but rejecting the investigating agency's ground of maintainability due to lack of territorial jurisdiction.
The Madras High Court had, however, held that it was inclined to adopt the 'doctrine of forum of convenience' so that the parties could move the convenient court. It directed the court registry to return all the papers in the case to Karti, to enable him approach the Delhi High Court, which has superintendence powers in the matter.
The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Amitava Roy (since retired) and D Y Chandrachud had on February 23, adjourned the matter to March 6, while noting the submissions of Mr Sibal and senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for Karti, that they intended to seek time from the competent authority to appear before it.
The court had, however, made it clear that it has not dealt with the issue of maintainability of the applications moved by Karti against the ED's summon.
Karti was allowed to travel to United Kingdom and France by Madras High Court on February 16, in connection with his business activities in those countries.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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