Supreme Court issues notice in Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji cash-for-jobs scam case
The Hindu
The Supreme Court issued notice in a petition by Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji challenging Enforcement Directorate‘s (ED) power to take him into custody for interrogation in money laundering charges linked to the cash-for-jobs scam
The Supreme Court on July 21 issued notice in a petition by Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji challenging Enforcement Directorate‘s (ED) power to take him into custody for interrogation in money laundering charges linked to the cash-for-jobs scam.
A Bench of Justices A.S. Bopanna and M.M. Sundresh agreed to list the case on July 26.
Also read: Explained | Senthilbalaji case: What has the SC said about ED’s powers to arrest and seek custody in the past?
Recently a third judge of the Madras High Court had confirmed that the time spent by Mr. Senthilbalaji in private medical care would be excluded from the 15-day police remand allowed to the ED.
The order has revived the central investigative agency’s power to subject Mr. Senthilbalaji to interrogation as soon as he comes out of the hospital.
The ruling by a third judge, Justice C.V. Karthikeyan, followed a split verdict given by a Division Bench of the High Court.
The Supreme Court had on June 21 left it entirely to the Madras High Court to decide whether the Tamil Nadu Minister’s move to a private hospital thwarted the central agency’s “right to remand” and interrogate him on the money-laundering charges.
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