SC dismisses TN Minister Senthil Balaji's plea

On Monday, The Supreme Court dismissed the pleas of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji and his wife challenging the Madras High Court's judgment, which held his arrest legal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case.

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A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh, while dismissing the plea of Balaji, allowed his custodial interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate in cash for a job scam.

Last week, the bench reserved its order on a plea filed by Balaji and his wife challenging the Madras High Court's judgment. On 14 July, the Madras High Court held legal the ED's arrest of Balaji and subsequent judicial custody granted by a lower court on money laundering charges linked to the cash-for-jobs scam. The High Court order came on the habeas corpus petition filed by Megala, wife of Senthil Balaji. 

The High Court found the habeas corpus plea not maintainable in law.