Issue passport to former Minister: Court
A district court in Virudhunagar has ordered authorities to return the passport of former AIADMK Minister K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji, provided he does not leave the country without court permission. The passport was previously impounded during an investigation into a job scam.
Why it matters
The ruling balances the rights of an individual under investigation with the requirements of an ongoing legal probe into public corruption.
Principal District and Sessions Judge for Virudhunagar A. Kanthakumar has directed authorities concerned to issue the passport to former AIADMK Minister K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji with the condition that he should not leave the country without the court’s permission.
Following complaints of a job scam against the then Minister when he was holding the Dairy Development (Aavin) portfolio in the erstwhile AIADMK government, police had registered a case and impounded his passport as a part of the probe.
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