Supreme Court docket grants bail to former TN minister Senthil Balaji in cash laundering case | Delhi Information

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court docket on Thursday granted bail to former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji in a cash laundering case.
Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) final yr.
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih set strict situations for Balaji’s launch.
The Supreme Court docket’s resolution got here after listening to arguments from Solicitor Common Tushar Mehta for the ED and senior advocates Mukul Rohatagi and Sidharth Luthra for Balaji.
Beforehand, the excessive court docket turned down Balaji’s bail request, stating that granting him bail would “ship out a improper sign and be in opposition to bigger public curiosity.”
The court docket famous that as Balaji had been in custody for over eight months, it could be applicable for the particular court docket to expedite the case.
The excessive court docket directed the Principal Particular Court docket in Chennai to finish the trial inside three months, saying,”Accordingly, there shall be a path to the principal particular court docket, Chennai, to eliminate the case inside a interval of three months from the date of receipt of copy of this order.”
The trial will proceed each day as per the Supreme Court docket’s tips.
Balaji was arrested on June 14 final yr for his alleged involvement in a cash-for-jobs rip-off throughout his tenure as transport minister in an earlier AIADMK authorities.
The ED filed a 3,000-page cost sheet in opposition to him on August 12 final yr.
On October 19, the excessive court docket dismissed Balaji’s earlier bail plea. His bail petitions have additionally been rejected thrice by a neighborhood court docket.