1. Minister Senthilbalaji case | Remand extended till July 26
Arrested Minister V. Senthilbalaji was scheduled to undergo a beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai on June 18. However, he requested the doctors to postpone the surgery to June 21 in order to cooperate with the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) which had obtained permission for custodial interrogation at the hospital, Senior Counsel N.R. Elango claimed before the Madras High Court.
The submission made before Justice C.V. Karthikeyan, the third judge hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the Minister’s wife Megala following a split verdict by two judges of a Division Bench on July 4.