Overview
- Justice Ravinder Dudeja modified the 2018 bail condition, requiring Karti Chidambaram to give two weeks’ prior intimation to the trial court and investigating agency before any foreign trip.
- The court directed him to share a full travel itinerary, attend proceedings regularly, and avoid steps that could delay the trial.
- The Central Bureau of Investigation opposed relaxing the restriction and cited the example of fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya in urging stricter controls.
- Karti Chidambaram had previously been required to seek the trial court’s permission before each trip abroad under his March 2018 bail terms.
- A written order is awaited, and the underlying CBI and ED cases stemming from alleged irregularities in a 2007 FIPB clearance to INX Media remain ongoing.