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| | The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji after over 15 months in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate, and said that stringent provisions regarding the grant of bail in PMLA cases cannot become a tool which can be used to incarcerate the accused without trial for an unreasonably long time. | | | THE BIG STORY PMLA cannot become a tool to detain people: SC The Supreme Court on Thursday strongly disapproved of using the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) “as a tool” to prolong the incarceration of an accused, ruling that constitutional courts will not allow indefinite pretrial detention under the anti-money laundering law. While granting bail to former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, arrested in June 2023 on money-laundering charges arising out of cash-for-jobs scam case, the court sounded a clear warning about the abuse of PMLA provisions by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), delivering a scathing critique of how the law is being employed to keep individuals jailed without trial for an unreasonably long time. Read more. | THE BIG QUESTION Siddaramaiah refuses to quit as CM. What happens next? Karnataka on Thursday withdrew the general consent given to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe cases in the state, as chief minister Siddaramaiah struck a defiant stance and dismissed the Opposition’s mounting calls for his resignation in connection with a land allotment case. The move came a day after a Bengaluru court ordered a Lokayukta probe against Siddaramaiah in connection with land allotted in 2020 to his Parvathi in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (Muda), compounding the trouble for the chief minister. As the political row simmered, the CM dug in his heels, calling the allegations against him a conspiracy by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Read more. | | | STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | FROM THE FIELD Bihar tragedy: 37 kids drown during festival At least 46 people, including 37 children, drowned while taking dips in rivers and ponds in separate incidents during the ‘Jivitputrika’ festival across Bihar, the state government said on Thursday. The incidents of drowning occurred in 15 districts of the state during the festival held on Wednesday. During the ‘Jivitputrika’ festival, popularly known as ‘Jitiya’, women fast for the well-being and prosperity of their children and both take dips in various water bodies. Read more. | | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | | 
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