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[ad_1] The writ petition of minister sought to quash the summons dated April 29 this year. (File)Chennai: The Madras High Court has restrained the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from proceeding further against Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji and two others in connection with an alleged job recruitment scam.A division bench of Justices T Raja and K Kumaresh Babu granted the relief while passing final orders on the writ petitions from B Shanmugam, R V Ashok Kumar and Senthil Balaji on Friday.The writ petition of Mr Balaji sought to quash the summons dated April 29 this year issued by the ED as illegal, unconstitutional, and non est in the eye of law and consequently declare the investigation in the case against him in 2021 as illegal and unconstitutional.The first petitioner...

[ad_1] Madras High Court allowed AIADMK leader EPS' appeal, setting aside an order in favouring OPSChennai: On the party leadership dispute, the Madras High Court on Friday allowed AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami's appeal, setting aside an order in favour of O Panneerselvam.A division bench comprising Justices M Duraiswamy and Sundar Mohan set aside an order of a single judge, which nullified the July 11 General Council (GC) meeting of the AIADMK. In that meeting held in July, leader of opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) was elected as the interim general secretary of the party, the top post. Panneerselvam (OPS) was ousted from the party.Palaniswami's position as the single, supreme leader of AIADMK is established with this fresh court order.The division bench quashed the Augus...

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