"Removal Decision Only By...": Supreme Court Relief For Tamil Nadu Minister
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The Supreme Court's judgment agreed with the Madras High Court's verdict that said the Chief Minister can decide whether V Senthil Balaji, a minister from the ruling DMK, should be removed.
Arrested Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji cannot be removed without the consent of the Chief Minister, the Supreme Court said today and dismissed a request by a social activist for his removal.
The Supreme Court's judgment agreed with the Madras High Court's verdict that said the Chief Minister can decide whether Mr Balaji, a minister from the ruling DMK, should be removed as a "minister without a portfolio in the state cabinet serves no purpose."
"The high court was right to consider whether the Governor has the power to dismiss a minister and left it to the Chief Minister to decide whether the person concerned should continue as a minister," a Supreme Court bench of Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka said today.
