Supreme Court extends stay of arrest of Karti Chidambaram by ED till April 2

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, which had restrained the Enforcement Directorate from arresting Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram in connection with the INX media case, on March 15 extended the protection granted to him till April 2.

A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Kanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud, while extending the protection of stay of arrest granted by the Delhi High Court had transferred to the apex court all the petitions filed by Karti Chidambaram challenging the powers of the ED to arrest him under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act even without registering an FIR.

On Monday even as arguments by Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta for the Enforcement Directorate remained inconclusive, the Bench extended the protection till April 2.

The Bench is examining whether the High Courts can grant anticipatory bail to an accused under the PMLA in a writ petition.