SC allows Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad for tennis tournament

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad for attending a tennis tournament and asked him to deposit Rs 10 crore.

The Supreme Court on Friday gave permission to Karti Chidambaram to go abroad for two weeks for attending a tennis tournament.

Karti Chidambaram had submitted in the court that he wished to travel abroad, including France and London, for a tennis tournament. While giving Karti permission on Friday, the Supreme Court ordered him to deposit Rs 10 crore as surety with the SC registry.

Apart from politics, Karti Chidambaram is a tennis enthusiast who has even served as the Vice President of All India Tennis Association (AITA).

The son of former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Karti was in the news for buying a tennis club in Spain. The Enforcement Directorate had claimed that Karti Chidambaram had bought land and tennis club in Spain's Barcelona, slated to be worth Rs 15 crore.