India's appellate tribunal upheld the attachment of Karti Chidambaram's assets, citing pandemic-related delays as valid.

The Appellate Tribunal under India’s PMLA has upheld the Enforcement Directorate’s attachment of Karti P. Chidambaram’s assets, including a New Delhi property and bank accounts, rejecting his appeal. The tribunal ruled the delay in filing the prosecution complaint—submitted on June 1, 2020—was justified due to pandemic-related restrictions, citing a Supreme Court order that extended limitation periods from March 15, 2020, to February 28, 2022, for judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings. The decision, delivered on October 29, 2025, confirms the ongoing provisional attachment of assets, while clarifying that possession of the property may only be retained under exceptional circumstances, in line with a 2022 Supreme Court ruling.