SC Flags ‘Rudderless’ Trial In Cash-For-Jobs Case Involving Ex-Minister Senthil Balaji, Seeks Tamil Nadu’s 'Prosecutarial Plan'

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (30 July ) pulled up the Tamil Nadu government over what it called a “rudderless ship” of prosecution in the cash-for-jobs scam involving former minister V Senthilbalaji, questioning the legal logic behind naming over 2,000 individuals as accused in the case, The Hindu reported.

A Bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi asked the State to clarify its “prosecutorial plan", stating that turning alleged bribe-givers—many of whom were applicants desperate for government jobs—into accused would only further delay the trial.

The bench had on Tuesday questioned if Tamil Nadu was trying to delay the trial in the cash-for-jobs scam cases involving Senthilbalaji by incriminating over 2,000 people as accused.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Y Balaji, challenging a Madras High Court order of 28 March dismissing pleas against the clubbing of multiple chargesheets in cases related to the alleged scam.

According to a report filed in the apex court by a trial judge in April, there are around 2,300 accused in cases involving the former Tamil Nadu minister in the cash-for-jobs “scam”.

The former Minister had resigned from the government in April after being pulled up by the court.

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