1. Minister Senthilbalaji arrest | Madras HC allows transfer of Minister to private hospital; Stalin warns BJP
In a significant breather for Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise V. Senthilbalaji, the Madras High Court ordered that he who is now undergoing treatment at the Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital in Omandurar Estate, Chennai after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), can be shifted to Kauvery Hospital in Chennai.
A Division Bench of Justices J. Nisha Banu and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy passed the interim order on a habeas corpus petition filed by the Minister’s wife Megala. The doctors at the government hospital had suggested an emergency treatment for the Minister who had also been examined by doctors from the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). Later in the evening, the Principal Sessions Court is hear ED’s petition seeking 15-day custody of Senthilbalaji.
