New Delhi: Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday moved the Supreme Court (SC) seeking a stay on the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) summons against him  in connection with the INX Media money laundering case.


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The apex court has agreed to hear Chidambaram's plea on Friday.


Last week Karti had appeared before the ED for the second time in connection with the case.


The central probe agency had earlier summoned Karti on February 2 after which he informed them that he would be unable to depose as he has an interlocutory application pending in the Supreme Court in this case. He was earlier grilled by the agency in this case on January 18.


The central probe had registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), the ED’s equivalent of a police FIR, against the accused named in a CBI complaint, including Karti Chidambaram, INX Media and its directors -- Peter and Indrani Mukerjea.


The ECIR was lodged under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).


It was the Enforcement Directorate which had provided information about the alleged illegal payments made by INX Media, based on which the CBI had filed its FIR.


The CBI had also carried out searches at the houses and offices of Karti Chidambaram across four cities for allegedly receiving money from the media firm owned by the Mukerjeas to scuttle a tax probe.


The Chidambarams, however, have denied all the charges made against them.


The CBI had filed the FIR against Karti and the Mukerjeas on charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating, receiving illegal gratification, influencing public servants and criminal misconduct.


The agency has alleged that Karti received money from INX Media for using his influence to manipulate a tax probe against it in a case of violation of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) conditions to receive investment from Mauritius.


The CBI FIR was made out against Karti, his company Chess Management Services, the Mukerjeas (currently in jail on charges of murder of their daughter Sheena Bora), INX Media, Advantage Strategic Consulting Services and its director Padma Vishwanathan.


With Agency Inputs