Today (13th March): The Madras High Court has denied an interim stay on the trial proceedings of a money laundering case involving former T.N. Minister V. Senthilbalaji. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been directed to submit its counter affidavit by April 25 in response to Senthilbalaji’s revision petition challenging the decision not to postpone the trial. This comes after concerns were raised about potential injustice if the accused is first convicted in the money laundering case and subsequently acquitted in another case.
