Karti Chidambaram

The petition was listed before the bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma for hearing. The bench will take up the petition for hearing on January 19.

The fresh case filed by the CBI alleges that Chidambaram provided favourable treatment to Diageo Scotland, an alcohol beverage company, by intervening to lift ban on the duty-free sale of its whiskey.

Special Judge for ED and CBI, Kaveri Baweja, granted the relief to the accused after he appeared before the court in pursuance to summons issued against him.

Special Judge M K Nagpal summoned the accused while taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Speaking to reporters here, Karti pointed that no press conference was held and neither was any reason disclosed about the resignation of a person who held a constitutional post.

The ED said the actual magnitude or volume of the processed or laundered amount of money in the case was yet to be established during the investigation and the bribe amount of Rs 50 lakh in the CBl case cannot be taken or considered as the basis of the present case.

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram appears before the ED in a money laundering case related to 2011 Chinese nationals' visa issuance.

The 52-year-old legislator from the Sivaganga Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu was summoned by the central agency to appear this week at its office here and record his statement in the case being probed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

A Delhi court has allowed Congress leader Karti Chidambaram, an accused in the alleged Aircel-Maxis and INX Media scams, to travel to France and the UK from September 15 to 27.