India, Jan. 28 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to immediately stay trial court proceedings against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram in the alleged Chinese visa case.

A bench of justice Manoj Jain noted that the lawmaker had only filed a petition against the trial court's December 23 order framing charges against him, and the same could not be used to "derail the trial."

The trial court on December 23 had framed charges against Karti and six others, concluding that a prima facie case was made out against him for offences of criminal conspiracy and bribery of a public servant.

The judge said that the conspiracy hatched between the accused number 1, S Bhaskaraman, and the accused number 2, Karti, was evident. The court said that...