The Supreme Court today said it would peruse tomorrow the documents provided in a sealed cover by the CBI which has tried to nail Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, about his foreign bank accounts and properties.<br/><br/>The CBI told a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra<br/>that the documents contained contemporaneous records, including the details of foreign bank accounts and properties of Karti.<br/><br/>The top court is hearing CBI's appeal challenging Madras High Court order staying the government's Look Out Circular against Karti in the alleged graft case. <br/><br/>Karti's advocate opposed CBI's submissions and said these documents cannot be a part of the case diary and if the court looks into it, then these materials should also be shown to him. He also said, the issue before the court was about the Look Out Circular and not about the bank accounts.<br/><br/>CBI's counsel claimed that there was a money trail in the<br/>matter and several companies and their owners were involved.<br/><br/>He said, the Look Out Circular has a direct link with tampering of evidence. The bench also told the CBI that the question was whether Karti could be allowed to go abroad.
News On AIR | October 10, 2017 8:02 PM
SC to see CBI's documents on Karti's foreign account, property