Top court refuses Karti Chidambaram's plea to move abroad

The Supreme Court on Friday refusedformer union minister PChidambaram's sonKarti Chidambaram's plea to move abroad and has made it clear that he cannot leave India.

The top court will hear Karti'sINX media caseon September 11.Till then the look out notice will continue.

TheCentral Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the probe agency in the case, alleged that Karti illegally took service charges for getting the FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board) clearance when his father PChidambaram was the finance minister.

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In the last hearing, the Apex Court had directed Karti to appear before the probe agency in the case.

Earlier, the Madras High Court had directed Karti to approach a court in Delhi to quash the FIR lodged against him in a bribery case.

The Madras High Court informed Karti that he would have to take his petition to the Delhi High Court, as the case does not come under the jurisdiction of Madras High Court.

Karti had moved the court after theSupreme Courtasked him to appear before the CBI in New Delhi, to help the investigating agency with its probe.

Earlier in August, theMadras High Courthad stayed theLook out Circular (LOC)issued against Karti and four others.

The Apex Court had later said that it would review the High Court order cancelling the LOC issued byForeigner Regional Registration Officer (FRRO).

On May 16, the CBI raided Chidambaram's residence, along with 13 other locations in New Delhi, Gurugram, Mumbai, and Chandigarh.

The raids were regarding a 2007 case, in which INX Media had allegedly paid bribes to get a FIPB approval.

An FIR was filed against Karti, Indrani Mukherjee, and Peter Mukerjea, who owned INX media.