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The Delhi High Court has closed the proceedings on a plea by Congress MP Karti Chidambaram seeking directions to defer the hearing on framing of charges in the trial court in a money laundering case arising from the alleged Chinese visa scam.
The Lok Sabha MP from Sivaganga had sought the deferring of the hearing until charges were framed in the linked scheduled offence, i.e. in the visa scam case, which the CBI investigated.
The senior counsel appearing for Karti Chidambaram said the plea was now infructuous since the trial court has already framed charges in the CBI case.
“The matter has become infructuous. So it may be disposed of as infructuous as this stage,” he said.
The case is disposed of, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma ordered.
In his petition filed in April 2025, Karti Chidambaram challenged the March 28, 2025, order by the trial court, which dismissed his application seeking deferment of arguments on charges until the charges, if at all, were framed against him in the CBI case.
The ED opposed the plea and said the trials in the scheduled offence and the money laundering case were continuing independently.
