SC grants Karti Chidambaram protection from arrest

New Delhi, April 2: The Supreme Court on Monday extended, till April 27, the interim protection from arrest it granted to Congress leader P. Chidambaram s son Karti Chidambaram in an alleged INX Media money laundering case.The court ordered the relief as it adjourned the hearing on the matter relating to Karti Chidambaram since a pending matter that was being heard by the court was likely to last long.On March 26, the top court extended till Monday (April 2) the Delhi High Court s March 9 order directing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) not to take any coercive action against him till March 20.On March 15, a top court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud extended the relief to Karti Chidambaram till March 26.