In accusing Karti Chidambaram, who is accused in a money laundering case, the President of the Supreme Court of India, Ranjan Gogoi, issued a severe warning to the son of former Union Minister, P. Chidambaram, that he did not ” play with the law. ” In addition, he said that if Karti does not cooperate, the Supreme Court will fall on him.
SC also ordered Karti Chidambaram to deposit Rs 10 crore with Court if he wanted to go abroad.“You can go wherever you want to, you can do whatever you want,but don’t play around law. If there is an iota of non-cooperation,will come down heavily,” CJI Ranjan Gogoi to Karti. https://t.co/aULM7S4aT3
— ANI (@ANI) January 30, 2019
The Supreme Court also ordered Karti Chidambaram to appear before the Compliance Directorate for questioning regarding his role in the Aircel-Maxis agreement and the INX Media case in March. Karti was also asked to deposit millions of rupees in court if he wishes to travel abroad. Karti would have requested permission to travel abroad from February 21 to 28.
The CBI is investigating alleged irregularities in the granting of FIPB approval in the Aircel-Maxis agreement, while the ED is investigating the alleged money laundering related to the agreement. He is accused that Chidambaram misused his capacity as finance minister in the UPA government to illegally grant FIPB approvals to Malaysian-based Maxis to buy the Indian telecommunications company Aircel for 3.5 billion euros. rupees in 2006 and, in return, his son, Karti Chidambaram, received bribes. The CBI had obtained permission to prosecute Chidambaram in November 2018.
The Supreme Court also ordered Karti Chidambaram to appear before the Compliance Directorate for questioning regarding his role in the Aircel-Maxis agreement and the INX Media case in March. Karti was also asked to deposit millions of rupees in court if he wishes to travel abroad. Karti would have requested permission to travel abroad from February 21 to 28.
The CBI is investigating alleged irregularities in the granting of FIPB approval in the Aircel-Maxis agreement, while the ED is investigating the alleged money laundering related to the agreement. He is accused that Chidambaram misused his capacity as finance minister in the UPA government to illegally grant FIPB approvals to Malaysian-based Maxis to buy the Indian telecommunications company Aircel for 3.5 billion euros. rupees in 2006 and, in return, his son, Karti Chidambaram, received bribes. The CBI had obtained permission to prosecute Chidambaram in November 2018.
