The Supreme Court granted interim anticipatory bail to DMK leader V Senthil Balaji in the TASMAC corruption case, staying his arrest subject to conditions. The court directed him to cooperate with the investigation and posted the matter for hearing after three weeks
Balaji was arrested on June 14. 2023 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case linked to a cash-for-jobs scam when he was the Transport Minister during an earlier AIADMK regime.
A division bench comprising Justices R Suresh Kumar and K Kumaresh Babu gave the directive while disposing of a petition filed by Balaji challenging the orders of the principal district judge and a special court for trial of cases relating to MPs and MLAs of Tamil Nadu, returning his bail applications for want of jurisdiction.
ED on August 12 filed the prosecution complaint against the then State Transport Minister for committing the offence of money laundering emanating from the cash for jobs scam in Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation and Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai).
