Madras High Court Chief Justice S.V. Gangapurwala has named Justice C.V. Karthikeyan as the third Judge to hear a habeas corpus petition (HCP) filed by the wife of Minister V. Senthilbalaji, who was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on June 14, 2023, in a money laundering case and remains in a private hospital now, in judicial custody.
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The necessity for naming a third judge to hear the case afresh had arisen pursuant to a split verdict delivered by a Division Bench of Justices J. Nisha Banu and Justices D. Bharatha Chakravarthy on July 4. Justice Karthikeyan will hear the arguments afresh and his decision will tilt the verdict by a majority of 2:1
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