Supreme Court Allows Karti Chidambaram To Fly Abroad on Rs 1 Crore Deposit

The Supreme Court Monday allowed Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, who is facing criminal cases which are being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), to travel abroad till November 21.

A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar said that he shall abide by the terms specified by the apex court earlier on February 22 and would deposit Rs one crore.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench that the concerned official has sworn in an affidavit indicating that Karti Chidambaram has not co-operated during the investigation of the cases and has not appropriately responded to the summons issued to him on June 30, 2021.