The Madras HC on Tuesday closed the habeas corpus petition filed by arrested Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji s wife, as the matter is pending before the Supreme Court. A division bench comprising justices J Nisha Banu and D Bharatha Chakravarthy closed the petition after hearing the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared for the Enforcement Directorate, and senior counsel N R Elango, who represented Balaji. The HCP was listed before the division bench to decide from which date the ED can take custody of Senthil Balaji.
The Droupadi Amman Temple in Tamil Nadu's Villupuram district was sealed on Wednesday after rift between the dominant caste and the Dalits, as the latter were denied entry into the temple in April this year.