SC refuses to interfere with Madras HC order on CBI probe in purchase of transformers in TN

In a setback to former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with a Madras High Court order directing a CBI probe into an alleged ₹397crore scam in the procurement of transformers during his tenure as the state's electricity minister between 2021 and 2023.