: SC allows Congress MP Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad after depositing Rs 2 crore #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Congress MP Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad after depositing Rs

SC allows Congress MP Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad after depositing Rs 2 crore #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Congress MP Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad after depositing Rs 2 crore, reported Live Law. The Enforcement Directorate is investigating the Congress MP in the Rs 305-crore INX Media money laundering and the Aircel-Maxis case.A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy also asked Chidambaram to furnish his travel itinerary. The permission has only been allowed for six months.The Enforcement Directorate opposed the amount, saying that another court had asked Chidambaram to deposit Rs 10 crore and that the same must be continued, reported NDTV. Kapil Sibal, representing the Congress MP, asked why should such a condition be imposed on an MP. “It has never happened that such a condition has been imposed in the history,??? Sibal argued. “He is not going to run away and such conditions should not be imposed. This is entirely unfair.???Justice Bhushan proposed reducing the amount to Rs 5 crore. However, Sibal further argued against the proposal. He also cited the Maneka Gandhi case, in which the Supreme Court had observed that right to travel abroad is a fundamental right.Justice Bhushan pointed out that the amount was only because it is an Enforcement Directorate case. “Why should the petitioner be imposed with a condition every time he...Read more

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