New Delhi, March 25: The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response from former Union Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in the INX Media case registered under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has alleged irregularities in a Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted to the INX Media group and registered a case on May 15, 2017 for receiving overseas funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007 when Chidambaram was Union Finance Minister in UPA-1. Later the Enforcement Directorate also lodged case under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Chidambarams. In the INX Media corruption case Karti Chidambaram was arrested by CBI in February 2018 and was granted bail in March 2018. The CBI after registration of the INX Media corruption case arrested Chidambaram on August 21, 2019 and after that on October 16, 2019 Directorate of Enforcement ED arrested him in the case registered under the provisions of PMLA. On October 22, 2019 Chidambaram secured bail in the CBI case and on December 4, in the ED case. Chidambaram and Karti’s lawyers sought inspection of “unreliable documents” submitted by the ED. On January 25, 2020, the court directed to provide a scanned copy of the list of all such documents to prevent any further delay in the case. The ED after a trial court order on January 25, 2020 challenged the same before Delhi High Court. The high court on November 10, 2021, had dismissed the CBI’s plea challenging the trial court’s order allowing inspection of documents by both of them in the INX Media corruption case. Justice Yogesh Khanna after hearing submission by the ED issued notice to Chidambaram and Karti and adjourned the matter for further hearing on April 20. (UNI)
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