Government Challenges High Court Relief In Apex Court For Chindambaram's Son's Look Out Notice

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 The Supreme Court will hear today a plea by the government challenging the Madras High Court order that stayed a 'look out' circular issued against Karti Chidambaram, the son of former union minister P Chidambaram. 

 The Congress leader, being probed in corruption and foreign exchange violation cases, had appealed to the High Court to get the circular cancelled, which was issued earlier this month. The circular would have prevented him from leaving the country. 

 The circular implied that Karti Chidambaram would have had to keep the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate informed about his travel plans abroad. 

He would have been allowed to leave the country only on the approval of the investigators. The businessman, who is also a Congress member, has denied any wrongdoing and says the allegations are politically motivated. 

As word about the look out notice got around last week, Karti Chidambaram uploaded a picture on Twitter, with a message: "For all those "looking out for me". 

 Investigators have alleged that Karti Chidambaram has received kickbacks amounting to 3.5 crore in exchange for facilitating the breaking of foreign investment laws by a private company, the INX Media. 

 The agency claims that Karti Chidambaram was facilitating approvals through his father's "influence in the finance ministry" while he was the minister. 

 The allegations have been denied by the former minister and his son Karti.

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