Cash-for-jobs: SC refuses to cancel Senthil Balaji's bail
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
|April 29, 2025
THE Supreme Court, in its order on Monday, refused to cancel the bail granted to DMK leader V Senthil Balaji in the "cash-for-jobs" scam, after it was apprised that he resigned from his ministership yesterday and the resignation was accepted by Tamil Nadu governor.
A two-judge bench, comprising Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih, disposed of the applications filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and a witness seeking to cancel the bail granted to Balaji. The ED also claimed that he was allegedly trying to influence witnes
This story is from the April 29, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Tiruchy.
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