Cash-for-jobs scam: SC relaxes Balaji's bail norms

GRANTING relief to former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji by relaxing his bail conditions, the Supreme Court on Monday said that unless summoned by the probe agency, he was not needed to appear before an Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer twice a week in Chennai in the money laundering case related to the alleged cash-for-job scam.

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY

“Why is this man (Balaji) required to appear before the Deputy Director of the Enforcement Directorate at Chennai on every Monday and Friday? ...at least save your own officer from the harassment as he will have to wait twice per week for this gentleman to come,” a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said while examining Balaji’s plea seeking relaxation of his bail conditions in the money laundering case.