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Cash-for-jobs a master plan of corruption: HC

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April 29, 2025

THE Madras High Court on Monday reserved orders on appeals filed in the 'cash-for-jobs' scam in the appointment of junior engineers (JEs) in the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) during V Senthil Balaji's tenure as transport minister in the AIADMK government in 2015.

- R SIVAKUMAR @ Chennai

A bench of Justices R Subramanian and G Arul Murugan said the fabrication of marks of meritorious candidates was a 'well-executed master plan that enabled scientific corruption'.

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