The Madras High Court on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, refused to grant an interim stay, for the present, restraining the Chennai Principal Sessions Court from proceeding with the trial in a money laundering case being investigated by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) against former T.N. Minister V. Senthilbalaji.
A Division Bench of Justices M.S. Ramesh and Sunder Mohan told Senior Counsel Mukul Rohatgi and S. Prabakaran that the plea for an interim stay could be considered only after the ED filed its counter, to a revision petition preferred by the accused person against the Sessions Court’s refusal to defer the trial.
The Bench asked Additional Solicitor General AR.L. Sundaresan to make sure that the counter affidavit was filed by April 25, and asked ED Special Public Prosecutor N. Ramesh to take notice on behalf of the investigating agency in the criminal revision petition.
