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SC allows Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad
Published : Feb 22, 2021, 12:41 pm IST
Updated : Feb 22, 2021, 12:41 pm IST
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Karti Chidambaram
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Supreme Court allowed Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, who is facing criminal cases that are being probed by ED and the CBI, to travel abroad.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, who is facing criminal cases that are being probed by the ED and the CBI, to travel abroad.

A bench, headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, asked Chidambaram to deposit Rs 2 crore with the registry and submit details on the places to be visited and the place where he would stay.

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Karti ChidambaramKarti Chidambaram Opposing the application, Additional Solicitor General S V Raju said Chidambaram was earlier allowed to travel abroad, but with a deposit of Rs 10 crore.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who was appearing for Chidambaram, said the condition was not justified for a member of Parliament and he would not run away anywhere.

Karti received money from INX MediaKarti and P ChidambaramThe apex court said the amount be deposited in a nationalised bank and allowed Chidambaram to travel for six months. Earlier, it had allowed him to travel to the UK, the US, France, Germany and Spain.

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The Congress leader is facing several criminal cases related to the Aircel-Maxis deal and the Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance to the INX Media for receiving foreign funds of Rs 305 crore when his father, P Chidambaram, was the Union finance minister. The cases are being probed by the ED and the CBI.

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