The Delhi High Court Tuesday listed for hearing on August 18 the anticipatory bail plea by Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram in the alleged Chinese Visas scam being probed by Enforcement Directorate.
Justice Poonam A Bamba deferred hearing on the plea after the counsel for Enforcement Directorate (ED) informed that Additional Solicitor General SV Raju was not available.
The investigating agency also orally said that its earlier assurance concerning no coercive action against Karti Chidambaram would extend till the next date.
On July 12, ED had orally assured the high court that no coercive action would be taken against him till July 12.
Karti Chidambaram had approached the high court after his anticipatory bail plea and that of two others was dismissed by the trial court on June 3 on the ground that the offence was of a very serious nature.