The
Supreme Court on Monday 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.
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.
The
Madras High Court, on July 14 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.
It
further clarified that time spent by Balaji under medical treatment in a
private hospital would be excluded from the period of custody allowed to the
ED.