New Delhi: The Supreme Court allowed Wednesday, Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, to travel abroad after depositing Rs 10 crore with its registry.
The apex court asked Karti to appear before the Enforcement Directorate March 5, 6, 7 and 12 for questioning in connection with the INX Media and Aircel Maxis cases, stating ‘don’t play around with the law’.
“You go wherever you want to go, from February 10 to 26 but you must cooperate with the investigation,” a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said. “Please tell your client that he will have to cooperate. You have not cooperated. We wanted to say a lot of things. We are not saying them right now,” the bench added.
Besides asking Karti to deposit Rs 10 crore, the bench also asked him to file an undertaking that he would return and cooperate with the investigation. Karti has sought permission to travel abroad from February 10 to 26 and again from March 23 to 31.
The bench was hearing Karti’s plea seeking permission to travel to France, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom for the next few months for international tennis tournaments organised by a company called ‘Totus Tennis Ltd’ which has its registered office in the UK.
PTI
