Karti is in jail in connection with the INX Media corruption case lodged by the CBI.The Supreme Court on Thursday transferred from the Delhi High Court to itself all the cases related to the Enforcement Directorate’s power to arrest an accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), including the INX Media case involving Karti Chidambaram, the son of former finance minister P Chidambaram. However, it extended the protection from possible arrest by ED granted to Karti by the Delhi HC earlier in the day till March 26. “We feel this (transfer of cases) is essential in view of several HCs giving conflicting views on interpretation of Section 19 of PMLA,” which relates to ED’s power to arrest an accused,” a bench headed by chief justice Dipak Misra said. “There is some kind of confusion in the high courts. The Delhi HC has referred it (issue pertaining to ED’s power to arrest) to its larger bench but it will not be binding for other courts,” the bench said….
