NEW DELHI: With the CBI claiming that there is enough material against Karti Chidambaram, the son of former finance minister P. Chidambaram, in the INX Media corruption case, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant him permission to go abroad. Additional solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, submitted documents in a sealed envelope to a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and said, “There is a good, cogent reason for the issuance of a look-out circular against him. It is not a simple case or that of one company but it involves jugglery of accounts and properties abroad.”
The apex court posted the hearing in the matter for September 11, accepting Mr Mehta’s submission that Mr Karti should not be allowed to travel abroad at this stage. On August 14, the apex court had stayed a Madras HC order allowing Karti Chidambaram to go abroad and made it clear that he will have to appear before the CBI for questioning.
