New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday passed an interim order directing the trial court not to call the prosecution witnesses linked with Congress MP Karti Chidambaram for examination.

Karti has challenged the framing of charges against him in the CBI case arising from the Chinese Visa scam. The trial court is recording Prosecution evidence after framing the charges.

Justice Manoj Jain passed a direction that no witness regarding Karti will be called to record evidence, and that only a formal witness may be called.

The bench has listed the matter for hearing further arguements on behalf of Karti Chidambaram on March 19.

Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra alongwith Advocates Arshdeep Singh and Akshat Gupta, appeared for ...