Delhi Court Adjourns Till July 9 Hearing In INX Media Case Against P Chidambaram, Karti Chidambaram And Others
Live LawA Delhi Court has adjourned en bloc hearing in the INX Media Money Laundering case till July 9 in relation to the main chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate in the INX Media money laundering case against Former Union Minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti P. Chidambaram and 8 others. The Court had issued summons to Former Union Minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti P. Chidambaram and 8 others for appearance to all the accused persons after taking cognizance of the ED's main chargesheet in the case. The said FIR was registered on the allegations that Indrani Muherjea and Pratim Mukherjea, Director and COO respectively of INX Media entered into a criminal conspiracy with Karti P Chidambaram and committed illegal acts in receiving excess Foreign Direct Investment than the amount approved by Foreign Investment Promotion Board. Other allegation was that such unauthorized downstream investment by INX Media in INX News without the approval of FIPB, were got scuttled by Karti P. Chidambram by influencing the public servants of FIPB Unit, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance It was therefore alleged that owing to the criminal conspiracy and influence of P Chidambaram and Karti Chidambaram, such officials abused their official positions and caused undue favours to INX Media due to which INX Media had paid huge amounts to some companies which Karti P Chidambaram had substantial interest in, either directly or indirectly.