Today, On 28th April, The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals filed by convicts in the Kannagi-Murugesan honour killings case. It upheld the High Court’s decision, maintaining life sentences for nine convicts while commuting one death penalty and acquitting two others of all charges.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed the case on May 15, 2017, accusing Karti Chidambaram of irregularities in a 2007 Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance that facilitated Rs 305 crore in overseas funding for INX Media. His father, P. Chidambaram, who was the Union Finance Minister at the time, is also named as an […]
