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The court said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) will be formed if the state government fails to complete the probe by the deadline. Former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave Tamil Nadu time till September 30, 2023, to complete the investigation in the alleged cash-for-jobs scam case filed against minister V Senthil Balaji. The court said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) will be formed if the state government fails to complete the probe by the deadline. Calling the state’s request for six months time to complete the probe as “unreasonable”, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Ahsanuddin Amanullah said it would not entertain any application regarding an extension of time. The case pertains to illegalities in the appointment of employees in state transport corporations during Senthil Balaji’s tenure as transport minister under the AIADMK government between 2011 and 2015. On May 16, the top court, while paving the way for the crime bran...

‘Multiplexes decided to stop screening due to lack of patronage, criticism, poor performance’ The official film poster of ‘The Kerala Story.’ NEW DELHI: Denying the allegations of a de facto ban in Tamil Nadu with regards to the movie ‘The Kerala Story’ and terming them as baseless, Tamil Nadu Government has told the SC that the movie was released in 19 multiplexes in Tamil Nadu on 05.05.2023 and there is no order banning the screening of the film. “After the release of the movie, multiplex owners took the decision to stop its screening in view of the criticism it received, lack of well-known actors, poor performances, and poor audience response,” the affidavit adds. It has also been stated in the affidavit that the state had taken all necessary steps to safeguard the freedom of speech and expression. The affidavit has been filed in the plea filed by makers of ‘The Kerala Story,’ Sunshine Pictures Private Limited and Vipul Amrutlal Shah, which, apart from challenging the Mamata Banerje...