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Madras High Court

TN Minister Senthil Balaji taken into custody by ED for questioning

Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Monday took custody of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji from the Puzhal prison in a money laundering case after a court granted custody to the agency following the dismissal of related petitions by the Supreme Court. ED officials took Balaji from Puzhal prison to the ED office.

The Bench’s remarks

All constitutional institutions are amenable to the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court in its writ jurisdiction unless expressly barred or restricted by the Constitution itself. A Constitutional Writ Court has both jurisdiction and power to pass any judicial order against or in respect of any constitutional institution and particularly so in a public interest litigation.