Karti Chidambaram has been facing several criminal cases including the grant of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance in the INX-Media case.
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Thursday declined the urgent hearing on a plea by senior Congress leader P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram, who is facing several criminal cases, seeking its permission to go abroad.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said the issue of him visiting abroad is not an “important matter” requiring an urgent hearing.
“Karti Chidambaram going abroad is not so important that it will get precedence over other (cases),” the bench, also comprising Justices U U Lalit and K M Joseph said.
Declining urgent hearing, the top court observed that judges have more cases “than they can handle”.
He has been facing several criminal cases including the grant of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance in the INX-Media case.
In the INX Media case, the CBI had registered an FIR on May 15 last year against alleged irregularities in the FIPB clearance to INX Media for receiving overseas funds to the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007 when Chidambaram was finance minister.
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