SC to hear ED plea challenging protection
The Supreme Court will hear the ED’s plea challenging the Delhi high court order granting interim protection to Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader P Chidambaram, in a money laundering case related to the INX Media corruption matter on March 15.
A bench comprising chief justice Dipak Misra and justice AM Khanwilkar and justice DY Chandrachud on Tuesday considered the Enforcement Directorate’s submission for urgent hearing of its appeal and said it would be heard on Thursday.
Advocate Rajat Nair, appearing for the probe agency, mentioned the ED’s appeal for urgent hearing.
On March 9, the Delhi high court gave Karti a breather in a money laundering case and restrained the ED from arresting him till March 20.
A CBI court on Monday sent Karti to judicial custody till March 24. It also refused his plea for urgent hearing on his bail plea which was already listed for March 15.
Following the high court order, he cannot be arrested by the ED if the CBI court grants him bail on March 15.
Karti has approached the high court to strike down the powers of arrest of the ED under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as unconstitutional and in violation of Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution.
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