INX Media case: Delhi HC grants relief to Karti from ED arrest till Mar 20

Delhi High Court also issued notice to Enforcement Directorate and Centre on Karti Chidambaram's plea.

Update: 2018-03-09 07:57 GMT
Karti Chidambaram is accused of facilitating, for a bribe, foreign investment approvals for television company INX Media, when his father was finance minister. (Photo: ANI)

New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Friday granted interim relief to Karti Chidambaram from being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate. The court has granted relief to Karti till the next hearing on March 20. 

The Delhi High Court also issued notice to ED and Centre on Karti's plea.

Karti moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday following directions from the Supreme Court.

The apex court had asked Karti, who is in CBI custody in connection with the INX Media case, to approach Delhi High Court for interim relief in INX Media money laundering case. The court also requested acting chief justice to set up an appropriate bench to adjudicate the matter concerning Karti on Friday or Saturday.

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